Denverite: Colorado officials claimed for weeks that details around the state’s bid for Amazon’s new North American headquarters needed to stay secret to give the metro area the best chance of attracting the e-commerce giant.

But on Thursday the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. announced it’s changed its mind and wants the public to see how creative and innovative Colorado is in its bid for Amazon. The regional economic group is expected to release a redacted version of the state’s proposal to Amazon on Thursday.

Amazon.com Inc. announced Sept. 7 that it’s looking for where to build its second headquarters or HQ2. The facility, Amazon said, would employ as many as 50,000 people — which would put it on par with the town of Parker in terms of size — and bring more than $5 billion in construction and operations investments.

Colorado was one of the 54 cities, states, provinces, districts and territories that sent proposals for Amazon last week ahead of the company’s Oct. 19 deadline.

Some local government organizations like Boston and Chula Vista, California published their proposals online and others like Chicago shared their proposed sites. But Colorado officials largely kept the details of their bid secret.

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