When Amazon announced its search for a second headquarters Sept. 7, the world seemingly changed for cities and counties across the country.
With the online retail giant’s $38 billion injection into Seattle’s economy since it consolidated its offices in the South Lake Union area of the city in 2010, the creation of 53,000 additional jobs as a result of the company’s direct investments and capital investment of $3.7 billion in buildings and infrastructure -- who wouldn’t want to land that kind of company?
The company’s growing footprint in Seattle has rapidly transformed the culture and landscape of the once barren industrial area of the city, which now rivals Silicon Valley.
Since Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, Loudoun’s Economic Development Department has been working around the clock on its application in hopes of landing “the deal of the decade.” An ad-hoc committee of the county’s top business leaders was formed to help in the pursuit.
