At a press conference, Budish said that more than 20 organizations and 90 individuals had worked days, nights and weekends over the past several weeks to assemble a strong bid package. All bids were due today.
Though the bid itself is evidently proprietary, meaning no specifics will be shared — which, why? — Budish said he was confident Cleveland had distinguished itself from the more than 100 other cities who have submitted bids.
“I truly believe that this is the best location for Amazon in the country,” Budish exulted.
The bid was submitted by the TeamNEO and the Greater Cleveland Partnership on behalf of the public entities. Leaders are encouraging everyone to use the #AmazonHQ2CLE hashtag to build momentum and all that jazz. Finalists likely won’t be selected until 2018.
This article appears in Oct 18-24, 2017.
If this wasn’t so flat-ass sad, I’d laugh.
How much of a tax break do we have to give them to get them here? 100% for 20 years?
The naivete in the editorial comment, “which, why?” is pretty dumb. Nearly always, RFPs will
specify that responses must be confidential and not shared publicly.
This RFP did not specify it be private, and numerous other cities have made theirs public.
“‘I truly believe that this is the best location for Amazon in the country,’ Budish exulted. “
Budish is truly either lying like a rug or delusional.
I remember when we were competing to get the Rock Hall. It seemed like a fool’s folly….until we won!
Let’s get this one too!
@aglazen
Take a look at the list of requirements posted by Amazon and tell me which ones Cleveland/Cuyaghoga County comes within even a thousand miles of.
Seems that most of the people who post on Scene along with the Scene editorial writers are opposed to any and all economic development projects in Cleveland. Seems like you are committed to keeping Cleveland broke and poor. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Q, the Bob Starks project, Amazon, and any downtown development.
Is there any project that Scene is willing to support?