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Friday, October 23, 2009

Now THAT'S a public process

From the mayor's press office:

The Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities is co-sponsoring a Forum on the Future of Bus Shelters and Street Furniture with the Next Great City coalition and the Academy of Natural Sciences.  The forum will include presentations from bus shelter and street furniture vendors and present perspectives on the role of advertising in public spaces.

You know, I'm tempted to be snarky about this, but really, why? People care about this stuff, and they should be able to weigh in. Good on the city.

The release also says that the city is inviting ideas for "additional pieces of street furniture." I want swivelly desk chairs in all subway stations.

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Posted by Doron Taussig @ 3:10 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:44 PM, 10/23/2009
    The City has been doing a ton of public outreach since the Nutter Administration took office. Wish the press tuned in more to it. Thanks for catching it this time. Mike DeBerardinis has been on the road talking about the parks/recreation merger and the Zoning Code Commission is also out there.
    — Philly Phorever
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:31 PM, 10/25/2009
    outreach or making a fool of us all? Nutter is mirror mirror on the wall even with phantom outreach.
    — Clark_Kent_SuperHero


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