From The Kojo Nnamdi show: Amazon is searching for a second company headquarters, where it plans to invest $5 billion in construction and operation and will hire as many as 50,000 full-time workers. North American cities have until October 19 to make their pitches. Could a city in the Washington region be the right fit?…
From The Washington Business Journal: When The Who released “My Generation” in 1965, proudly sneering, “I hope I die before I get old,” the band probably wasn’t thinking about all the opportunities that come with age. And there are plenty to be had now that the baby boomer generation The Who was talking about is,…
From WMAL: When Amazon announced Thursday that it was seeking a second North-American headquarters that would be worth nearly $5 billion, local Washington business advocates jumped into overdrive: “This is the Olympics of economic development,” says Jim Dinegar, President of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. “The greater Washington region would be tremendous for Amazon…
From The Frederick News-Post: The Washington region’s economy is growing stronger, but potential federal budget issues in September and October could bring the progress to a halt, according to a report from one of the region’s leading economists. The region appears to have recovered from some economic uneasiness in the first quarter of the year,…
From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington is getting older — and it’s aging faster than the country as a whole. In 2016, 12.2 percent of the region’s population was over 65 years old, up from just 9 percent in 2000, thanks to the continued growth (and aging) of older residents. And in 2016, when…
