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Archives for August 2018

What Happened After the Last HQ2 Competition

August 14, 2018 By Aaron M. Renn

When I traveled to Oklahoma City for the first time a few years ago I was shocked to discover that in the civic narrative of the city's transformation - it's origin story if you will - the triggering event for change was losing a competition for a United Airlines maintenance facility in 1991 to Indianapolis. This United Airlines maintenance base was like a Foxconn or HQ2 of its era. It was a big deal because the thousands of jobs would be very high paying union mechanics and there were going to be a lot of them. It was anticipated that many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Demographics and Economic Development, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City

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Aaron M. Renn is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an opinion-leading urban analyst, writer, and speaker on a mission to help America’s cities thrive and find sustainable success in the 21st century. (Photo Credit: Daniel Axler)
 
Email: aaron@aaronrenn.com
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