NEW ROCHELLE – The City of New Rochelle is the latest municipality to throw its hat into the ring making the case for Amazon to locate its second headquarters there.
“Let’s face it – every community, including ours, is a long-shot in the nation-wide competition to land Amazon, but ya gotta be in it to win it, and New Rochelle has a genuinely competitive proposal,” said Mayor Noam Bramson.
He cited the city’s central location; “outstanding” transit access and options; “ambitious and innovative” downtown development plan; “capable” master development partners; and livability and affordability.
The city has also partnered with the state to offer a regional submission to Amazon.
“Winning would be a little like hitting the mega millions jackpot – a complete game changer and maybe with similar odds,” Bramson said. “But the process of competing has its own value, and helps to raise New Rochelle’s profile as we aim to attract business investment across the board and implement our development goals.”
Dozens of municipalities across the nation, and some in Canada are in the hung for Amazon HQ2.
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