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Arlington’s growth for decades, played a key role in developing Metro here, and who maintained the highest ethical standards throughout her decades of service to this community that she loved. Ellen believed in open, inclusive, competent government as a powerful agent of progress."
188:. She served a record six terms on the board before choosing against running for re-election in 1997. She ran as an independent until her last campaign, when she ran as a Democrat. In each election, she was endorsed by the Arlington Democratic Committee and the nonpartisan political coalition Arlingtonians for a Better County.
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Arlington history". Bozman received the Elizabeth and David Scull Public Service Award from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 1983, and was honored with the Jefferson Cup by the
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In 2014, a park called Ellen's Trace was opened next to an affordable housing apartment building called The Jordan. The park runs from Wilson
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She first became Vice-Chair of the five-member Board in 1975 and Chair in 1976, and later served as Chair in 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1997, and as vice-chair in 1988, 1991, 1995, and 1996. During her tenure on the board, Bozman was a champion of
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