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Podcast: What will Amazon’s Atlanta visit look like?

The skyline of Midtown Atlanta in March 2017. Starbucks is said to be considering Atlanta and other cities for a signficant corporate expansion. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
The skyline of Midtown Atlanta in March 2017. Starbucks is said to be considering Atlanta and other cities for a signficant corporate expansion. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Bria Felicien
March 22, 2018

An Amazon delegation is expected to visit Atlanta this month for possible locations for its second headquarters.

How will the city of Atlanta court the tech company during the trip?

"Mercedes is a great example," said Scott Trubey, AJC economic development and commercial real estate reporter, on the Politically Georgia podcast.

Mercedes-Benz opened a new North American headquarters in Sandy Springs earlier this month, and the state may use similar recruitment playbook for Amazon.

For more details on what a visit from Amazon could look like, and how the state courted Mercedes, listen to the latest Politically Georgia podcast.

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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