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<br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />Joint Development Authority <br /> TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br /> <br />DATE: October 11, 2017 <br /> <br />TO: Joint Development Authority Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Sara Thatcher, Goff Public <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Rice Creek Commons Communications <br /> <br /> <br />Communications teams for Ramsey County, the City of Arden Hills, and Alatus continue to coordinate <br />media requests. In September, Ramsey County pitched reporters after submitting a proposal to <br />GREATER MSP and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to locate <br />Amazon’s second headquarters at Rice Creek Commons. <br /> <br />The following articles were published: <br /> <br />• Race for new Amazon HQ is altering TCAAP plans in Arden Hills – Star Tribune; September 20, <br />2017 <br />• Twin Cities Join Forces to Get New Amazon HQ in Minn. – WCCO-TV; September 22, 2017 <br />• Ramsey County's Amazon HQ bid adds St. Paul riverfront parcels to ammo site – Star Tribune; <br />September 22, 2017 <br />• Amazon.com, take a look at St. Paul and Arden Hills for HQ2, county says – Pioneer Press; <br />September 22, 2017 <br />• Ramsey County offering two tricky sites for Amazon HQ: Arden Hills and St. Paul riverfront – <br />Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal; September 25, 2017 <br />• Twin Cities leaders submit more than a dozen sites in Amazon sweepstakes – Minneapolis/St. <br />Paul Business Journal; September 26, 2017 <br />• Amazon Sites Submitted, but List Kept Secret – KSTP; September 26, 2017 <br />• Minnesota's pitch for Amazon's second HQ picks up steam – Star Tribune; September 29, 2017 <br />• Ramsey County's bid for new Amazon HQ is more about being noticed – Star Tribune; <br />September 29, 2017 <br />• Arden Hills site submitted as potential Amazon headquarters – Lillie News; October 2, 2017 <br />• Amazon may bring second headquarters to Arden Hills – White Bear Press; October 3, 2017 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM 9 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM