There’s been a lot of speculation about Chicago’s efforts to land the second Amazon headquarters, but Gary, Indiana, is also making a pitch. Gary Mayor Karen Freeman Wilson says it doesn’t matter if the city doesn’t have everything Bezos is looking for — like a million plus residents and a thriving public transit system. What the struggling steel town does have, Freeman-Wilson says, is available land, access to Lake Michigan and its close to Chicago. Cities all across the U.S. are pitching themselves to Amazon.
Gary, Indiana, Makes Pitch For Amazon
There’s been a lot of speculation about Chicago’s efforts to land the second Amazon headquarters, but Gary, Indiana, is also making a pitch. Gary Mayor Karen Freeman Wilson says it doesn’t matter if the city doesn’t have everything Bezos is looking for — like a million plus residents and a thriving public transit system. What the struggling steel town does have, Freeman-Wilson says, is available land, access to Lake Michigan and its close to Chicago. Cities all across the U.S. are pitching themselves to Amazon.
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