[Jiangsu reporter Jack October 5 Seattle Comprehensive report] The nine cities in King County and Snohomish County, together with the Tulalip tribe, jointly bid for the Amazon company's "second headquarters", wanting to keep the "second headquarters" of the e-commerce and cloud computing giant locally.
According to the Seattle Times, King County Mayor Constantine and Snohomish County Mayor Sanmers announced on the 5th that he plans to submit a bid, listing multiple potential locations for Amazon reference.
These locations do not include Seattle, even though Seattle is the "first headquarters" of Amazon with about 41,000 employees. However, the joint bid for King County and Snohomish County lists nine cities, including Arlington , Bellevue , Posell, Everett, Kenmore, Marysville, Renton, Linwood, Tuckervilla, plus the territory of the Tulalip tribe.
Both leaders of the two counties said that joint bidding is to a certain extent demonstrating the ability of the two places to unite into a region.
Amazon announced in September that it will find a place to stay in "second headquarters" across North America. This news can be said to have "stoked a thousand waves", and more than 100 regions in the United States and Canada have announced bids. Most people believe that Amazon wants to take root outside Seattle. But one thing that cannot be ignored is that company officials have said they do not rule out bids in Hua, or even Seattle.
Amazon will spend up to 5 billion yuan to establish a new headquarters with a capacity of up to 50,000 employees and a status comparable to the "first headquarters". But don't forget that Amazon's requirements for the "second headquarters" are not low: it needs to be in a metropolitan area with a population of more than 1 million, with a stable and business-friendly environment, within 30 miles of a population center, within 45 minutes from an international airport, adjacent to a highway or major transportation artery, direct public transportation, and providing up to 8 million square feet of office space for future expansion.
Amazon's "first headquarters" in Seattle (Picture source: Seattle Times)
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