Amazon’s breakup with New York was still fresh when other cities started sending their own valentines to the online giant. The love notes came even though Amazon said it doesn’t plan to pick a new city to replace New York, where the HQ2 project was supposed to produce 25,000 jobs. Instead, the company said it will spread some of those jobs around at other Amazon sites in the U.S. and Canada and expand its existing New York offices. More than 230 municipalities in North America competed for HQ2, taking part in a months-long bidding war that Amazon eagerly fomented. Upstate New York cities, like Rochester, made it clear they, too, are open for business.

Source: National Post February 15, 2019 19:30 UTC