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Amazon buys Colorado Springs Airport site for massive distribution center, 1,000-plus jobs coming
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Gazette reporter Wayne Heilman describes Amazon’s plans to open a huge distribution and sorting center across from the company’s delivery station in Peak Innovation Park, the business park owned by the Colorado Springs Airport. Securing its future in the city, Amazon has bought land at the Colorado Springs Airport where it will build a 4-million-square-foot…
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Denver’s bid for Amazon HQ2 to highlight workforce, lifestyle over financial incentives
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As cities jockey in the bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, preparing proposals likely heavy with tax breaks and financial incentives, Denver and state officials might go a different route to appeal to CEO Jeff Bezos and company. Instead, officials will harp on “the region’s highly educated workforce, quality of life and global connectivity through its…
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Governor Hickenlooper plans policy for e-commerce sales tax
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Gov. John Hickenlooper is developing a strategy for Colorado to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that would allow the state to collect tax from online sales. The Supreme Court upheld Colorado’s “Amazon tax,” which could allow the state to collect taxes on out-of-state internet sales. It requires online retailers to report…
