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NewsLinks: Presidio's success offers a lesson for San Francisco

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Title

Presidio's success offers a lesson for San Francisco

Byline

SF Business Times Editorial

URL

http://www.presidio.gov/about/Documents/02%2015%202013%20Presidio's%20success.pdf

Article Date

2/15/2013

Summary Text

If you want to know how far the Presidio has come in the last 20 years, it helps to remember where it started from.

The Presidio Trust