Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Virginia's Amazon HQ2 win wasn't just based on traditional incentives. Here's what else was included.

As Virginia was battling states like Maryland and New Jersey for Amazon’s second headquarters project, Virginia state Sen. Frank Ruff knew one thing for sure. “We were not going to get into the bidding war,” said Ruff, chairman of the state’s Major Employment and Investment Commission, which vets incentive packages for companies considering expansions in Virginia. Even as incentive packages reportedly soared into the billions of dollars in the lead-up to the HQ2 announcement, Virginia leaders said…



from https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/11/13/virginias-win-of-amazon-hq2-wasnt-just-based-on.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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