Bid Deadline For Second Amazon HQ Location

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The deadline is here for communities to submit their bids to be Amazon.com's second headquarters location. Indianapolis, Boone County, Hammond and Gary are among the many spots across the U.S. vying for the chance to house the Seattle-based company's new headquarters spot. For the winning area, the online retail giant promises 50,000 jobs.

Boone County and Indianapolis submitted their bids last month, with Boone County proposing five different locations, and Fishers' Mayor Scott Fadness and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett collaborating and advocating for Indy-area locations.

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Just this week Gary officials made an emotional proposal to the company in the bidding race.

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The end of the bidding process comes just a few days after Amazon.com announced Indianapolis would be a new spot for the company's new business venture, Treasure Truck.

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Another Indiana location is aboard the Amazon proposal train, as one of the many spots vying for the chance to house the Seattle-based company's second headquarters. Boone County will submit five location possibilities in an effort to bring the new headquarters to the area, IndyStar reports, as Amazon already has a distribution center in Whitestown and warehouses that employ thousands of people in Indianapolis, Plainfield and Jeffersonville. The e-commerce giant announced a decision this month to build a second headquarters, and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness immediately jumped on board in agreement to work together on a regional proposal which includes Carmel, Noblesville and Westfield, IndyStar reports.

Amazon plans to invest $5 billion in the new headquarters campus and hire as many as 50,000 workers.
The company plans to choose the winning location in 2018, and all proposals are due to Amazon by next month.

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