11/1/2017 San Bernardino County shares proposal to lure second Amazon headquarters – San Bernardino Sun NEWS San Bernardino County shares proposal to lure second Amazon headquarters Ontario International Airport in Ontario. File photo. By BRIAN WHITEHEAD |
[email protected] | San Bernardino Sun PUBLISHED: October 31, 2017 at 6:42 pm | UPDATED: November 1, 2017 at 8:27 am San Bernardino County is ofcially in the running to land Amazon’s second headquarters. http://www.sbsun.com/2017/10/31/san-bernardino-county-shares-proposal-to-lure-second-amazon-headquarters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_… 1/5 11/1/2017 San Bernardino County shares proposal to lure second Amazon headquarters – San Bernardino Sun A three-part proposal recently submitted to the online retailer touts the region’s workforce, schools, public transit and location. Such public gures as Rich Karlgaard, Forbes publisher, and Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Environmental Systems Research Institute, endorse the county in video testimonials. Letters of support from public agencies also were included as part of the application. In collaboration with the cities of Ontario and San Bernardino, the county’s Economic Development Agency craed the proposal in four weeks, ofcials said. A virtual “Story Map” offers Amazon an intimate look at the area. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors got its rst look at the nished product. “I was so taken aback by the quality and the innovative use of technology and the great story this application tells about our county,” interim county CEO Dena Smith said before the presentation. “You knocked it out of the park,” Chairman Robert Lovingood said aer.