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Columbus Mayor Hopes Amazon Chooses His City For Its Second Headquarters

Published January 19, 2018 at 11:33 AM CST
In this June 28, 2016, file photo, Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther speaks during a celebration for the renaming of Port Columbus International Airport as John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. (Jay LaPrete, File/AP)
In this June 28, 2016, file photo, Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther speaks during a celebration for the renaming of Port Columbus International Airport as John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. (Jay LaPrete, File/AP)

Columbus, Ohio, is one of the cities on the list of 20 finalists vying to be the site of Amazon’s second healdquarters.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks to Andrew Ginther (@MayorGinther), mayor of Columbus, about why he hopes Amazon will choose Columbus.

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