Things might be less grim than they look, although the longer term impact on the county is not yet clear.

The pause is at the planned phase 2 campus the company calls “PenPlace”, while Amazon cuts jobs. The phase one “Metropolitan Park” campus will open in June as planned.

The tech giant will invest nearly $150 million in D.C. housing development projects in an attempt to help preserve affordability as its HQ2 moves into the region.

Amazon and developer JBG Smith recently completed construction on the first phase of the HQ2 project, Metropolitan Park.

But it may take a direct appeal from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to make it happen.

The company unveiled its latest building proposals, which include green space and group seating areas, at a community meeting.

Amazon is apparently here to stay. But so are the local activists who fought incentives for the tech giant in the first place.

JBG Smith has said previously it expects to begin construction on the first HQ2 building in 2019.

After being told their lease wasn’t going to be renewed, the Crystal City-based theater company is getting a three-year extension.

New York activists against Amazon had the vocal support of local politicians — in Virginia, it’s mostly the opposite.