Around 50 North American cities are vying to become the next home of Amazon, which announced earlier this month that it will build a second headquarters in an undetermined location.
With the new campus, called HQ2, the e-commerce giant will bring 50,000 new jobs, making the offer one of the largest corporate-civic opportunities in recent American history.
Mayors from places like New York, Chicago, and Toronto have quickly outlined why Amazon should pick their cities.
One small Texan city, Frisco, says it will go above and beyond for the company. In an interview with The New York Times, Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney said he would build his city around Amazon.
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"Our city’s only about 60% built out, so we’ve got a lot of available land where we can build to suit," he said. "We play to win. We’re innovators. We’re forward thinkers, and we’re serious."
Cheney has already sent a video to Amazon, even though formal city applications are not due until October 19. It opens with him holding an Amazon box, and ends with him asking an Amazon Alexa where the company should construct HQ2. (Spoiler: Its answer is Frisco.)
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