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Eleanor Holmes Norton: What I had to do, frankly, was to get a Federal agency to move there, and then another one, and then developers began to…

On the recordDecember 1, 2013
What I had to do, frankly, was to get a Federal agency to move there, and then another one, and then developers began to build there.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses efforts to stimulate development in underdeveloped areas of Washington.

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