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TCC-NORFOLK READY FOR CLASSES AFTER A 30-YEAR STRUGGLE, NORFOLK NOW HAS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND, THE CITY HOPES, AN ECONOMIC BULWARK FOR DOWNTOWN.(FRONT)
The Virginian Pilot
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January 6, 1997|
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Byline: PHILIP WALZER, STAFF WRITER
NORFOLK -- Today, Norfolk will lose a designation that city leaders had hoped to shed years ago: the largest East Coast city without a community college.
Thirty years after it was first proposed - and eight years after the City Council began heavily lobbying for it - Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus will open.
About 1,500 students had registered by Friday afternoon, said John Massey, a former math professor who is director of the campus. He said he expected 2,000 students by the end of this week.
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