Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies for the New Peoples Drug Store

 
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MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES FOR THE NEW PEOPLES DRUG STORE 7TH & FLORIDA AVENUE, N-W- NOVEMBER 19, 1987 10:30 A.M. GOOD MORNING! IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE ALL OF YOU OUT HERE THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING OF THIS i BEAUTIFUL AND MUCH NEEDED NEW PEOPLES DRUG STORE. EVENTHOUGH THIS STORE HAS ALREADY OPENED, TWICE IN FACT, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL OPENING, THE OPENING WHERE YOU, THE RESIDENTS OF SHAW, GIVE THE STORE ITS FORMAL WELCOME INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE COMMUNITY IS WHAT THIS STORE, THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND WHAT THE PEOPLES INVOLVEMENT CORPORATION, THE DEVELOPERS OF THIS STORE, ARE ALL ABOUT. THIS OPENING TODAY IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT BRICKS AND MORTAR AS IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY.