Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Duffy has written to his counterpart at Amazon, asking him to consider the Rochester region for the online retailer’s second headquarters.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has announced plans for a $5 billion second North American headquarters…somewhere in the U.S. It would be up to eight million square feet and eventually house 50-thousand workers, the equivalent of the company’s current HQ in Seattle.
Duffy says “Why not Rochester?” His letter to Bezos says the nine-county Rochester metro meets all of Amazon’s criteria, including a highly-skilled workforce, colleges and universities, easy transportation access and aid from the state government.