Cities Large And Small Scramble To Get Amazon's Attention Ahead Of Deadline

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October 19, 2017

Ben Markus, Colorado Public Radio and Jimmy Maas, KUT

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

We check in with two cities, Austin and Denver, vying to be the location for Amazon's second headquarters. The deadline to submit an application to the company is Thursday.

Ben Markus (@CPRMarkus) from Colorado Public Radio and Jimmy Maas (@maasdinero) of KUT in Austin have our reports on how each city is trying to stand out amid fierce competition.

This segment aired on October 19, 2017.

Cities Large And Small Scramble To Get Amazon's Attention Ahead Of Deadline

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