Tt post sep 7, 2017

Toledo should pitch, anyway. It's good exercise for city leaders to ensure that their promotions are current, and who knows, maybe Amazon remembers Toledo for something else in the future. They'll keep our resume on file.

I'm not saying that this January 2017 story would be an example of the "something else", but a giant like Amazon has all kinds of needs. Even a billion dollar investment and nearly 3,000 jobs are still decent.

Amazon to add 2,700 jobs at Cincinnati airport

Online retail giant Amazon will add an air cargo hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Amazon plans to invest more than $1 billion into the new hub, and plans to employ 2,700 people at the airport.

Amazon announced earlier this month that it plans to create more than 100,000 new positions by 2018. The company already employs 180,000 people.

Excerpts from https://www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2 shows that some region is going to score big.

What will be the benefits for the city finally selected to host your second headquarters?

We expect to invest over $5 billion in construction and grow our second headquarters location to be a full equal to Amazon’s current campus in Seattle, creating as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs.

In addition to Amazon’s direct hiring and investment, construction and operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create tens of thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars in additional investment in the surrounding community.

Amazon estimates its investments in Seattle from 2010 through 2016 resulted in an additional $38 billion to the city’s economy – every dollar invested by Amazon in Seattle generated an additional $1.40 for the city’s economy overall.

Why is Amazon choosing its second headquarters location via a public process?

We want to find a city that is excited to work with us and where our customers, employees, and the community can all benefit.

I predict that Amazon chooses the Detroit-Ann Arbor region.