TO: countyboard@arlingtonva.us
BCC: advocacy@arlingtonchamber.org
SUBJECT: Please support the Amazon performance agreement
Arlington County Board
2100 Clarendon Boulevard
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
Dear Chair Dorsey,
As an Arlington resident, I am writing to encourage the Arlington County Board to approve the County’s performance agreement with Amazon for their new headquarters. Approving this agreement is an important step in building Arlington’s future. Welcoming Amazon to Arlington will help our community respond to challenges, realize our vision for the future, and create opportunity for everyone who lives or works in Arlington.
Approving this agreement is an important step in securing Arlington’s fiscal health for decades to come. The tax revenues generated by Amazon’s presence will enable the community to address the transportation, housing, and school funding challenges that predated Amazon and were magnified by Arlington’s stubbornly high office vacancy. A new, consistent, and growing stream of revenue will support and preserve amenities and services that Arlingtonians value and have come to expect without adding a burden on residential taxpayers.
Welcoming Amazon will solidify Arlington as a center for innovation. Innovative companies tend to cluster, so Arlington has an opportunity to build on being Amazon’s headquarters location. Being a home to innovative companies will lead to improved employment prospects for residents. These jobs will also provide opportunity for graduates of our schools to remain in Arlington and Northern Virginia.
I am proud to make Arlington my home and believe that Arlington will be a great home for Amazon. Amazon’s headquarters will help us build a future, rooted in our existing plans, that provides opportunity for all Arlingtonians. I encourage the County Board to approve the performance agreement for the Amazon headquarters to help secure Arlington’s economic future.
Sincerely,
NAME
NEIGHBORHOOD (or affiliation)
CC: County Board Vice Chair Libby Garvey, County Board Member Katie Cristol, County Board Member Matt de Ferranti, County Board Member Erik Gutshall
BCC: advocacy@arlingtonchamber.org
SUBJECT: Please support the Amazon performance agreement
Arlington County Board
2100 Clarendon Boulevard
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
Dear Chair Dorsey,
As an Arlington resident, I am writing to encourage the Arlington County Board to approve the County’s performance agreement with Amazon for their new headquarters. Approving this agreement is an important step in building Arlington’s future. Welcoming Amazon to Arlington will help our community respond to challenges, realize our vision for the future, and create opportunity for everyone who lives or works in Arlington.
Approving this agreement is an important step in securing Arlington’s fiscal health for decades to come. The tax revenues generated by Amazon’s presence will enable the community to address the transportation, housing, and school funding challenges that predated Amazon and were magnified by Arlington’s stubbornly high office vacancy. A new, consistent, and growing stream of revenue will support and preserve amenities and services that Arlingtonians value and have come to expect without adding a burden on residential taxpayers.
Welcoming Amazon will solidify Arlington as a center for innovation. Innovative companies tend to cluster, so Arlington has an opportunity to build on being Amazon’s headquarters location. Being a home to innovative companies will lead to improved employment prospects for residents. These jobs will also provide opportunity for graduates of our schools to remain in Arlington and Northern Virginia.
I am proud to make Arlington my home and believe that Arlington will be a great home for Amazon. Amazon’s headquarters will help us build a future, rooted in our existing plans, that provides opportunity for all Arlingtonians. I encourage the County Board to approve the performance agreement for the Amazon headquarters to help secure Arlington’s economic future.
Sincerely,
NAME
NEIGHBORHOOD (or affiliation)
CC: County Board Vice Chair Libby Garvey, County Board Member Katie Cristol, County Board Member Matt de Ferranti, County Board Member Erik Gutshall
