Amazon in the community: Service, community, and commitment at HQ2
Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington hit 8,500 employees since May 2023, with 5-day RTO driving 155,000+ monthly visitors to Met Park's retail corridor hosting 13 local small businesses. No seller-facing policy or fee changes are involved.
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155,000 monthly visitors at Met Park since 5-day RTO in January 2025
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Recent Updates April 1, 2026 9:00 AM Share Building community together at HQ2 and Virginia 2026 marks a milestone year for Amazon in Virginia.
As we celebrate our 20 th anniversary in the Commonwealth and approach the opening of Arlington Community High School at Met Park this fall, we’re proud to reflect on how our partnership with Virginia has grown beyond traditional economic development into a model of community-centered investment.
Met Park brings jobs, small businesses, and community programming Since opening Met Park in May 2023, nearly 8,500 Amazon employees now work at our second headquarters. The campus includes 50,000 square feet of retail space for 13 local small businesses and a 2.
5-acre public park that has hosted hundreds of community events—from affordable housing summits to farmers markets, live music, and art programming with MoCA Arlington’s Innovation Studio—reaching an estimated 133,000 community members.
Since implementing our 5-day return-to-office policy in January 2025, we've continued to see positive economic impacts in the National Landing community, including foot traffic averaged more than 155,000 monthly visitors at Met Park. $1. 3 billion investment in affordable housing Our commitment extends far beyond job creation.
Through Amazon’s housing fund, we’ve invested $1. 3 billion to preserve and create over 10,000 affordable housing units across the National Capital Region. In February, we broke ground on the Victory Center in Alexandria—transforming a long-vacant office building into 377 all-affordable homes.
We’ve also donated more than $60 million to 230+ local community partners in the last 12 months. Building Virginia's talent pipeline We’re building Virginia’s talent pipeline from the ground up, investing more than $5. 7 million in CodeVA to expand computer science education and awarding $920,000 in Amazon Future Engineer Scholarships to Virginia students.
Over 5,000 Amazon operations employees in Virginia have participated in Career Choice, our pre-paid tuition program. Virginia is a great state to do business.
Across the Commonwealth, we continue to invest in our corporate office in Herndon, our fulfillment network including the launch of ORF4—our robotics fulfillment center in Virginia Beach, and in AI and cloud infrastructure that powers businesses statewide.
As we enter this milestone year, Amazon remains committed to being a good employer, neighbor, and community partner in Virginia.
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