Baltimore Beckons
The city’s political and economic development leaders sent off their bid to bring Amazon’s HQ2 to Baltimore on Wednesday. With Thursday’s deadline, the waiting period now begins for the ecommerce giant to make a decision.
The package that was delivered contained tax breaks that the Baltimore Sunreported were in the billions, as well as a litany of reasons why the company should choose Baltimore, from its “shovel-ready” site in Port Covington to its low cost of living.
But the process that Amazon kicked off a little more than month ago with its RFP has been about more than numbers. For the city’s political and economic leaders, the prospect of 50,000 jobs also had the effect of bringing them together around a single goal in rapid fashion. As Mayor Catherine Pugh noted, “The proposal was a truly collaborative effort and process.”
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