Well, we gave it our best shot Birmingham. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has released its short list of cities for its second headquarters (HQ2). The internet giant says it to expects to create 50,000 high-paying jobs and invest over $5 billion in the winning city. Here’s the full list:
Photo from the Bring Amazon to Birmingham Campaign
Atlanta
Austin, Texas
Boston
Chicago
Columbus, Ohio
Dallas
Denver
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montgomery County, Md.
Nashville
Newark, N.J.
New York City
Northern Virginia
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Raleigh, N.C.
Toronto
Washington D.C.
In the big picture, Birmingham’s creative promotional campaign with the Amazon boxes around town did bring a positive national spotlight on the Magic City.
We love this response Tweeted by the Birmingham campaign Bring A to B.
What’s next? Anyone who has visited Seattle will tell you Amazon’s reach goes beyond the central city. With Atlanta and Nashville making the list perhaps we can attract some Amazon business.
Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.
