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Today Congressman David Scott (GA-13), joined by members of the Atlanta Congressional Delegation Reps. Rob Woodall (GA-7), Hank Johnson (GA-4) and Karen Handel (GA-6), urged Amazon to select the Atlanta-metro area as its location for their company’s new headquarters.

Led by Congressman Scott, the Atlanta Congressional Delegation authored a bipartisan letter that emphasizes all of the qualifying factors that would make the Atlanta-region a perfect candidate for Amazon’s new headquarters, including its business-friendly environment, highly-educated and diverse workforce, easy access to a major international airport, and highways, a commitment to infrastructure spending, and a superb overall quality of life. 

Also, in the letter, the Atlanta Congressional delegation emphasize their proven record of working in a bipartisan manner to help grow Georgia’s economy and stand ready to help Governor Nathan Deal and his office’s effort to bring this new headquarters to our region.

The full letter can be found here.

Background:

Amazon, the largest Internet-based retailer in the world, announced earlier this month that it will be creating a second headquarters, in addition to its current Seattle headquarters, and is accepting applications from cities and regional economic development organizations in North America. According to Amazon’s own estimates, the headquarters will amount to $5 billion in construction costs and lead to as many as 50,000 new jobs. Applications are due to Amazon on October 19, 2017, and a final decision on the site will be made sometime in 2018, according to their Request for Proposal document.