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Though it mentioned the issue only in passing in its request for proposals last fall, Amazon says it will take such costs into account, and has met with affordable - housing groups in several of the finalist cities.
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«Each of our finalist cities has demonstrated incredible vision and creativity in developing meaningful plans to use technology to improve the lives of their citizens and create a truly smart city,» said Secretary Foxx.
Not exact matches
Last week, it unveiled a list of 20 finalist cities that included Atlanta.
Out of the 20 North American cities Amazon shortlisted for the site of its second headquarters, three finalists are near the US capital.
On March 6, 2018, the Women Startup Challenge Emerging Tech finalists will pitch their innovative ventures to a panel of tech industry investors on stage at Google, in New York City.
Amazon is expected to announce its second North American headquarters, dubbed HQ2, sometime this year, with Toronto as the only Canadian city on the list of 20 finalists.
Finalist cities are refining their pitches based on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.
The company says the campus will bring 50,000 jobs over the next two decades, and most of the 20 finalist cities have said they are offering economic incentives to lure the tech giant — for example, New Jersey has said it wants to award Amazon $ 7 billion in tax breaks if it chooses the Newark area.
When Amazon announced in January that Nashville had made the list of 20 finalists being considered for its second North American headquarters, city leaders cheered.
The full list of 20 finalists includes some of the most competitive cities in the world and data compiled by CNBC bears that out.
Some states are offering Amazon financial incentives valued in the billions of dollars, including $ 7 billion from New Jersey for its finalist city Newark.
A recent Elon University poll of residents in the finalist cities found that while relatively few residents outright oppose Amazon moving to their city, only 43 percent strongly supported such a move.
On Thursday, the company announced a shortlist of 20 finalist cities, including Denver, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Amazon dashed the Baltimore region's hopes of landing the plum prize of its second headquarters and tens of thousands of new jobs, as the online retail giant excluded the city from its list of finalists announced Thursday.
Baltimore was already coming off a string of bad news — record homicides, unheated schools, an alleged patient dumping — when Thursday morning brought yet more: The city had failed to make the list of 20 finalists for Amazon's much - coveted second...
Amazon had cities bending over backwards for the chance to host the company before announcing the shortlist of finalists.
Three of the 20 finalists on Amazon's shortlist are in the D.C. area: the city proper, Maryland's Montgomery County, and the more nebulous «Northern Virginia.»
Amazon announced its list of 20 finalists in the race for HQ2 and Toronto is the only Canadian city still in the running but does it stand a chance?
The mayor of Kansas City (not a finalist) wrote 1,000 five - star reviews on Amazon.com.
San Diego County's bid to land Amazon's second headquarters location fell short Thursday, as the Seattle e-commerce goliath trimmed the list of cities under consideration to 20 finalists.
One city stood out in Amazon's list of finalists for its new headquarters — Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
In the city, one of the 20 finalists for Amazon's second headquarters, there's concern winning the bid will exacerbate already significant problems with income inequality.
Surprisingly, nine of those states are home to 11 of the 20 finalist cities vying for Amazon's second headquarters.
They will play one of the CAF champions (either Congolese side AS Vita Club or Algerian side ES Setif, the two CAF Champions League finalists), the Oceania champions Auckland City, or the entrant from the host nation, Moghreb Tetouan.
Arsenal Chelsea Man Utd Liverpool Man City Inter, Milan Athletico PSG Monaco Porto Valencia Dortmund Schalke plus 3 of the semi finalists.
He is a five - time finalist for the City and Regional Magazine Association Writer of the Year award, and he was anthologized in Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists.
Every year Man City (whose fans are known for boycotting CL) get a group of death, and if it isn't them then it's Arsenal (we've had CL finalists in our group for 4 consecutive seasons now).
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah: Player of the Year should go to all finalists Sunday, are Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Leroy Sane, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane and Manchester United's 19/04 17:09
The draw for the fifth round of the 2017/2018 FA Cup has been made today (January 29, 2018), and the two finalists from the 2012/13 season have been pitted together again, with Wigan Athletic hosting Man City in what promises to be a very tasty tie indeed.
The winner of the cover contest will be featured on a future cover of Parents Magazine and ALL finalists will be flown to New York City with their parents for a professional cover shoot!!!
The city picked Hudson and Toll Brothers as the two finalists in the summer of 2014 before choosing Hudson in September of that year.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The City of New Rochelle is one of 35 Champion Cities selected today as finalists in the 2018 U.S.
Votes were cast for two finalists — the Village of Baldwinsville in Onondaga County (judged the best tasting water among ground - water drinking sources) and the City of New Rochelle in Westchester County (judged the best tasting water among surface - source water systems) with New Rochelle winning the final tally by just three votes.
The fate of taxpayer - owned Burlington Telecom will likely be decided Aug. 28 as city officials secretly negotiate with four finalists in what has been a long and drawn - out bidding process.
The Blavatnik National Awards Laureates and finalists are honored at an awards ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City each September.
BUSINESS WIRE — Apr 23 — CrazyBlindDate.com, the one - of - a-kind blind dating site from the creators of OkCupid, announced the five finalists of its «Pick Your City» campaign - Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Providence and Seattle.
Celebrities, media, and the public viewed screenings of finalist films at The Writers Guild Theater in Culver City after a pink carpet reception.
River Road has optioned the film rights to Greg Grandin's novel Fordlandia The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The last could go to BAFTA nominee «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool,» Writers Guild nominee «Logan,» Critics» Choice nominee «Wonder,» dark horse contender «Wonder Woman,» or even surprise University of Southern California Scripter Awards finalist «The Lost City of Z.» There's also «Victoria & Abdul» lingering around as a possibility, just harmless enough to register with older members.
In the months ahead, students from the five Glocal finalist teams will work closely with the City of Cambridge to implement their prototype ideas.
The list of finalists also includes Anthony J. Alvarado, a former New York City schools chancellor and the current superintendent of Community School District 2 in Manhattan, one of 32 local districts within the city sysCity schools chancellor and the current superintendent of Community School District 2 in Manhattan, one of 32 local districts within the city syscity system.
We are so excited to share that Principal White of Center City PCS Congress Heights was selected as a finalist for the Washington Post Principal of the Year!
Trenton, NJ — Today, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced that Amy T. Andersen, a high school American Sign Language (ASL) teacher at Ocean City High School in Cape May County and the 2017 - 18 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year, has been selected as one of four finalists for the 2018 National Teacher of the Year.
Cunningham is the superintendent of the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona, and she was among three finalists for the job of Salt Lake City School District superintendent.
New Leader Ingrid Bynum is named Principal of the Year by Alexandria City Public Schools and is also a finalist for Washington Post's 2016 Distinguished Educational Leadership Award.
Parent Councils United, a parent advocacy group focused on the county school system, announced that R. Stephen Green, the current Superintendent of the Kansas City School System in Missouri, is the sole finalist for the job.
The Boulder Valley school board on Monday narrowed its superintendent search to finalists Rob Anderson, a deputy superintendent in Atlanta's Fulton County Schools, and Krish Mohip, CEO of Ohio's Youngstown City School District.
The finalists» submissions were chosen from hundreds of student submissions across New York City and Cleveland.
In October 2016, DOT announced an additional $ 65 million in grants to support community - driven advanced technology transportation projects — including support for four of the Smart City Challenge finalists to implement ideas developed as part of their applications.
The Department of Transportation and its federal partners, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology, have committed to keep working collaboratively with all seven finalist cities to identify potential federal, state, local, and private resources to help carry out their Smart City plans.