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ONE OF THE LARGEST WATERFRONT PROJECTS ON THE EAST COAST HAS TAKEN SHAPE IN
OUR OWN BACKYARD.
TEN YEARS AGO, NATIONAL HARBOR IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WAS NOTHING MORE
THAN A DREAM.
NOW THAT DREAM IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WATERFRONT PROJECTS IN THE
COUNTRY.
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JOINING US IS THE DEVELOPER OF NATIONAL HARBOR AND PRESIDENT OF PETERSON
COMPANIES MILTON V. PETERSON.
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WHO WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN THIS PROJECT WOULD BECOME THIS HUGE AND THIS
POPULAR?
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The Peterson Companies is led by Milton V. Peterson, Founder and Chairman, and James W. Todd,
President. Milt Peterson was the recent recipient of the TrendLine's Private Sector Trendsetter of the
Year Award. In past years, the Company was named Northern Virginia NAIOP's Firm of the Year, and
has won over 70 awards for preservation, marketing, and design excellence
National Harbor is a 300-acre new urbanist mixed use waterfront development being built by the
Peterson Companies on the shores of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland . The
project is expected to cost more than $2.1 billionIn addition to the Gaylord National Resort & Convention
Center , which opened on April 1 ,2008 National Harbor will contain five new hotels, waterfront condos,
offices, retail stores, nightspots, a marina, and a new location for the National Children's Museum .
http://www.nationalharbor.com/uploadedFiles/Events/Event_Items/wbj_newsmaker_of_the_year.pdf
-Washington Business Journal
EXPLAIN TO US HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE NATIONAL HARBOR PROJECT?
HOW VITAL WAS THE GAYLORD HOTEL TO THE NATIONAL HARBOR PROJECT?
HOW DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY WILL EFFECT BOTH THE
CURRENT AND FUTURE PHRASES OF NATIONAL HARBOR?
HOW HAS THE PROJECT CHANGED THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT? AND WHAT
IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE?
2. PART OF THE PROJECT - INCLUDES REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN OXON HILL AND
PETERSON OWNED RIVERTOWN SHOPPING CENTER -- WHAT IS THE PLAN AND TIMELINE FOR
THOSE PROJECTS?
LAST YEAR WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL NAMED YOU 'NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR' -- DO
YOU THINK YOU'VE LIVE UP TO THE TITLE?
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