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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 22
Sign: Capricorn

City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/27/2007

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Friday, August 31, 2007

City’s RFP for New Street Furniture Upsets Local Newsstand Association...
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Category: News and Politics

THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HAS PUT FORTH ON THE INTERNET A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) THAT INVITES INTERESTED OUTDOOR FURNITURE COMPANIES TO RESPOND AND PROPOSE NEW STREET FURNITURE FOR THE CITY.

WHEN WE THINK OF STREET FURNITURE WE THINK OF LIGHT POLES, NEWS RACKS, BUS SHELTERS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS , BIKE RACKS AND NEWSSTANDS. THE NAP APPLAUDS THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IN IT'S DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR OR STREETSCAPE OF THE CITY. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT THE CITY TO OUR CHAGRIN HAS NOT BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO NAP AND ITS NEW NEWSSTAND PROGRAM.

THE NEWSSTAND ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA (NAP) HAS BEEN UNILATERALLY CHANGING THE STREETSCAPE SINCE THE YEAR 2000 BY AGGRESSIVELY CHANGING OR CONVERTING EXISTING NEWSSTANDS TO A MORE MODERN AND STATE OF THE ART NEWSSTAND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE NAP WAS LAUDED FOR IT'S NEW NEWSSTAND PROGRAM BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND PA. LOTTERY. TOM A. BLASKIEWICZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS FROM THE PA. LOTTERY WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, "WE ARE PROUD TO ADVERTISE ON SUCH STATE OF THE ART NEWSSTANDS THAT THE NAP HAS ON THE STREET. THEY ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO NEW YORK'S". THE NAP IS JUST AS PROUD OF IT'S NEW NEWSSTAND PROGRAM AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS A PROGRAM SOLELY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE NAP WITHOUT ANY FISCAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY.

WE IMPLORE THE CITY TO REMOVE NEWSSTANDS FROM IT'S (RFP) AND ALLOW OUR PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. THE QUESTION BEGS TO BE ASKED, WHY STOP A PROGRAM THAT USES NO CITY FUNDS AND HAS BEEN IMPROVING THE CITY STREETSCAPE FOR SIX YEARS?

To view the online request for proposal click here, or you can visit https://ework.phila.gov/econtractphilly, opportunity 21061228110632.