Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's proposed fiscal year 2020 state budget looks to fund two university campuses that will help train some of the workforce destined to labor for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Virginia Tech would receive $275 million for its planned Potomac Yard campus, sourced from the state's higher education operating fund and a loan from the Virginia College Building Authority. George Mason University would receive $7.5 million, the cost of knocking down an old building on the school's existing Arlington Campus in order to make room for planned construction. Read More...
Northam proposes more than $275M for Amazon-tied Virginia Tech, GMU campuses
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s proposed fiscal year 2020 state budget looks to fund two university campuses that will help train some of the workforce destined to labor for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Virginia Tech would receive $275 million for its planned Potomac Yard campus, sourced from the state’s higher education operating fund and a loan from the Virginia College Building Authority. George Mason University would receive $7.5 million, the cost of knocking down an old building on the school’s existing Arlington Campus in order to make room for planned construction.
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