Massachusetts Makes Final Pitches To Amazon

Wherever you're reading this, you're probably a short drive away from a town submitting a bid to host the next Amazon headquarters. Your town might even be one of them. Scores of communities across the country, including a reported two dozen from Massachusetts, have said they have or plan to submit a bid to become the home to Amazon's HQ2. See the full list at the bottom of this story.

The Boston Herald reports there will be up to 24 bids from the Commonwealth by day's end. "Frankly, there’s a lot of good options here for Amazon," Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash said Wednesday, according to the Herald.

Boston is expected to formalize a bid today centered around Suffolk Downs, the giant horse racing track in East Boston bordering Revere. Mayor Marty Walsh has said Boston's bid will feature other locations, but is primarily focused on one location.

Boston is likely to make it to the second round of Amazon's search. If the e-commerce behemoth indeed chose the Hub - or any other Massachusetts location - it could change the jobs and tech landscape across the state. The same would be true if New Hampshire or Rhode Island emerged as the choice - even though the Granite State blasted Boston in its bid Wednesday.

Here are where the bids have come from or may come from today. If we missed a spot, email mike.carraggi@patch.com.

• Boston
• Billerica/Tewksbury/Lowell
• North Andover/Haverhill/Lawrence
• Foxborough
• Somerville
• Worcester
• Lynn
• Weymouth
• Fall River
• New Bedford
• Taunton
• Douglas/Millbury/Sutton/Northridge/Uxbridge
• Marlborough/Hudson/Northborough/Southborough/Westborough
• Leominster

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• Amazon Refutes Report About Boston Having Inside Track
• Does Boston Have A Real Shot At Amazon?

Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson