Arlington Board plans vote on Amazon incentives after lengthy hearing

By Patricia Sullivan and Patricia Sullivan Reporter covering government, politics and other regional issues in Arlington County and Alexandria Email Bio Follow Robert McCartney Robert McCartney Senior regional correspondent covering government and politics Email Bio Follow March 16 at 7:00 AM The Arlington County Board plans to vote Saturday afternoon on giving Amazon $23 million and other incentives to build a headquarters campus in Crystal City, but only after hearing scores of residents and...

The Saturday hearing was scheduled to begin no earlier than 1 p.m. and last several hours before the vote. Ninety-one people signed up in advance to speak on the topic. Most Arlingtonians, Northern Virginians and residents of the Washington region support Amazon’s arrival, several surveys have found. Business organizations, universities and nonprofit groups came out strongly for the deal.

Officials estimate that the Amazon project’s net fiscal impact on Arlington could be worth additional revenue of $162 million over 12 years and $392.5 million over 16 years. Amazon’s offices will be located within an already-established special tax district where a portion of the property tax revenue goes toward infrastructure improvements such as parks and wider sidewalks.

There should be n[ooooo incentives to the richest man in the world. Let him finally share some wealth with the people.enough is enough....elites

JeffBezos How can i donate to this new upstart called 'amazon'? I drive a forklift but will help in any way i can from my 1000$ paycheck.

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If mich was forward thinking we would fight to have amazon here

Jeff Bezos' paper reporting on Jeff Bezos' business. On top of that, the issue is if that business should be awarded millions in taxpayer subsidies to undercut and bankrupt all the small businesses in the area. What a beautiful world we live in

Had the Amazon package for NYC been put up to a vote, even one at the legislative level, you wouldn't have seen the backlash. The issue was the mayor and the governor negotiated behind closed doors and didn't involve the communities it was going to impact.

Amazon fielding these tax incentive packages and shit is like the hottest girl in high school saying she’s going to prom with whoever takes her to the nicest dinner. “But also you have to be hot, obvs.” Seriously fuck Amazon for this parade of garbage news headlines.

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