NORFOLK
“I didn’t fully appreciate the challenge until I got here” nearly two decades ago, Ed Ladd recalled last week.
His mission: to open MacArthur Center in Norfolk. Just as important: to build public support.
Ladd said “the project had plenty of naysayers” when he arrived as general manager in December 1997 before the mall opened. The most common barbs:
“I didn’t fully appreciate the challenge until I got here” nearly two decades ago, Ed Ladd recalled last week.
His mission: to open MacArthur Center in Norfolk. Just as important: to build public support.
Ladd said “the project had plenty of naysayers” when he arrived as general manager in December 1997 before the mall opened. The most common barbs:
