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Council Members Frown on Radio One Land Plan

IT'S BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD for the D.C. government's plan to lure Prince George's County-based Radio One into the city now that the D.C. Council has balked at a proposal that's been labeled a land giveaway.

The District government had offered $16 million in public financing and free land near the Shaw-Howard University Metrorail station worth $6 million as an enticement for Radio One, the nation's largest broadcaster catering to African-Americans, to build its $115 million Broadcast Center One on 7th Street NW.

As The Post's Nikita Stewart reports, two council members, Kwame Brown and Jack Evans, told D.C.'s planning and economic development office to revisit the proposed deal.

» "D.C. Council Members Balk At Deal for Radio One Offices" [WaPo]
» EARLIER: "To Lure Radio One to Shaw, D.C. May Grant It Land" [Free Ride/Express]

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