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How Amazon could impact DC-area schools, housing and transportation
- Post author By Keith Waters
- Post date January 24, 2018
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From WTOP: That’s what the D.C. region’s leaders have been saying about the possibility that Amazon could locate its second headquarters here, bringing with it 50,000 high-paying jobs […]
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Guest Post: Three Workforce-Based Reasons Why Amazon Should Locate HQ2 in the Washington Region
- Post author By SFI Admin
- Post date January 24, 2018
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Amazon is considering three jurisdictions in the Washington region for its second headquarters (HQ2): the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, MD, and Northern Virginia, which included proposals from the city of Alexandria, and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun. Amazon’s decision will be a pragmatic one of matching its needs and preferences with the metropolitan area’s labor force, its infrastructure, its culture, and the attractiveness of the incentives the jurisdiction offers. Most bidders will accordingly seek to highlight their highly educated STEM workforce, their university system, their subways, highways, and airports, as well as their quality-of-life, and their culture of entrepreneurialism. Yet, the question of how well matched these features of an economy are to Amazon’s business activity, rather than any average technology-oriented company requires a more nuanced discussion.
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Here’s how much the shutdown could cost Greater Washington’s economy
- Post author By Keith Waters
- Post date January 22, 2018
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From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington benefits from about $2.5 billion each week in federal spending on wages, contracts and grants — and stands […]
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‘A huge pain’: Government shutdown idles hundreds of thousands of federal workers, contractors
- Post author By Keith Waters
- Post date January 22, 2018
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From The Washington Post: The sky was gray on Monday as the government shutdown left hundreds of thousands of federal employees in the Washington region […]