Front Range communities plan to collaborate to bring Amazon’s new headquarters to region

After Amazon announced HQ2 — its plans for a second North American headquarters which will cost about $5 billion and bring in about 50,000 jobs — Denver quickly became a frontrunner amidst media speculation for the next location.

Metro Denver Economic Development Corp., which promotes site selection for the nine county area surrounding Denver, including Larimer and Weld counties, is already on the path for submitting a proposal.

“That’s what our organization was created for,” CEO J.J. Ament told BizWest. “Within that nine county region there are 70 different municipalities, and we work in partnership.…