The City of Hamilton was able to attract $175,000 in donations from seven local companies or organizations in putting together its bid to attract Amazon’s second North American headquarters.
The figure is in a report that will be presented to the general issues committee on Wednesday.
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The report also shows that the final cost of submitting the bid was $467,000.
More than half of that, $250,000, was committed by the city itself.
Amazon expects to announce an HQ2 winning city early next year.
- Private sector donors include:
- Hamilton International Airport – $40,000
- Movengo (housing developer) – $25,000
- Burlington Economic Development Corporation – $25,000
- Niagara Region Economic Development – $25,000
- FirstOntario Credit Union – $25,000
- McMaster University – $25,000
- Liuna Local 837 – $10,000
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