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Street vendors thrive in Washington amid 1982 recession
Faith Collins once deputy press secretary now sells muffins on a sidewalk. Janie Becker moved from real estate to jam and preserves with a card table on L Street while 19-year-old Mark Scoville hawks wicker baskets on 19th Street. DC licenses 4200 street vendors as unemployment and inflation upend jobs. Some vendors earn up to 5000 a year in a tourist city, while others struggle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Faith Collins
Rosalynn Carter
White House
Janie Becker
L Street
Mark Scoville
Collins
Joseph Richards
District of Columbia
Richards
Becker