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Amazon HQ2 Process Will Benefit Greater Trenton, Says Development Group's CEO

In an exclusive video interview with GlobeSt.com, Greater Trenton CEO George Sowa discusses how the city's bid for Amazon's HQ2 positions it for better conversations with other prospective companies.

George Sowa, CEO of Greater Trenton George Sowa, CEO of Greater Trenton

TRENTON, NJ—Even though it wasn’t selected as a finalist, preparing an elaborate economic development proposal for Amazon’s HQ2 site selection process without the support of the state was an important exercise for New Jersey’s capital city, according to George Sowa, founding CEO of Greater Trenton, the economic development nonprofit started in late fall of 2015.

In an exclusive video interview with GlobeSt.com, Sowa says pulling together all the information on development opportunities and sites in the Trenton area is work that the agency will leverage in its conversations with other companies considering relocation there. Trenton did not make the “short list” of 20 cities being considered as finalists for the HQ2 development, although Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ, the state’s preferred choice, did make the list. Sowa points to a clear Amazon preference for locations in the Northeast.

You can watch the complete video interview with George Sowa in the player below.

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Steve Lubetkin

Steve Lubetkin

Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].

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