Emanuel and Pritzker write to Amazon: 'You should take another look at Chicago'
by Ally Marotti, Chicago Tribune
Feb 14, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker sent a joint letter to Amazon on Thursday, asking them to reconsider Chicago after the online behemoth announced it wouldn't locate a 25,000-job headquarters in New York City.
The two reached out despite Amazon's statement that it will not search for a new location. Instead, it plans to grow other tech hubs and offices, one of which is in Chicago.
Emanuel told the Tribune that the city and state are ready to
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