Reported in Milwaukee would face challenges in bid for Amazon's second headquarters. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/11/2017)
Related reading:
Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You. (The New York Times, 9/9/2017)
What Amazon is looking for:
- Metro area population of 1,000,000+ (Milwaukee is one of 52)
- Strong job growth in addition to 1 mil pop. (The list is reduced to 25, Milwaukee not included)
- Right labor pool, one that is large and growing. (14 cities: Boston, New York, Washington, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Austin, Dallas, Indianapolis, Denver, San Jose, San Francisco, Portland OR)
- Also have a high quality of life (9 cities: Boston, Washington, Raleigh, Atlanta, Miami, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Portland
- Also places where workers can easily get around and out of town (4 cities: Boston, Washington, Denver, Portland)
- Has space and willing to pay to play. (And the winner is: Denver)
Milwaukee will have to settle for the residual effects of Foxconn.
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