A joint proposal from the cities of Huntington Beach and Long Beach to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters isn’t on the company’s list of finalists. Huntington Beach City Manager Fred Wilson said Thursday afternoon that even though his city didn’t make the top 20, “I think in the long run, the high-level visibility of our proposal will serve as a launching pad for other high-tech companies who may want to make Huntington Beach home. “Amazon shortlisting ‘Los Angeles’ doesn’t necessarily mean the city of Los Angeles,” he said in an email Thursday afternoon. cities out.”The Huntington Beach-Long Beach plan, announced in October, was dubbed “Amazon Coast” by “HBLB.”It pitched one site in Huntington and two in Long Beach. Long Beach offered space in three downtown buildings and at former Boeing property next to Long Beach Airport.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2018 19:57 UTC