Believe it not, in about six weeks, a full year will have passed since the idea of Amazon HQ2 and its big juicy fruits (50,000 jobs! $5 billion in construction!) sent city leaders and economic development types into self-promotional tizzies from Bangor to Chula Vista.
Amazon promised the HQ2 derby winner would be announced in 2018, and with the months ticking away, we’ve half-jokingly peppered a well-known Amazon spokesman—who previously offered a phone interview—for insights on an announcement timeline and where the selection process generally stands. (Crickets so far, but we’ll be sure to update this post with any earth-rattling exclusives!)
Until then, it’s worth noting a few HQ2-related curiosities from recent weeks. Especially the ones that make Atlanta look awesome.
GeekWire, a tech-focused news site, opened a poll to readers asking which of Amazon’s 20 finalist cities they’d prefer to live in.
Of more than 2,000 GeekWire respondents—ostensibly a relevant demographic to the types that Amazon hires—the majority said they’d most like to call Raleigh home. (That result seemed to shock the pollsters).