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Sorry, but aside from an occasional guy pushing an ice cream cart, I do not normally see vendors at local parks in United States. I recall once I was solicited
by 2xpress 5y ago
Sorry, but aside from an occasional guy pushing an ice cream cart, I do not normally see vendors at local parks in United States. I recall once I was solicited to buy firewood at a county park, but when those guys saw the park ranger coming they drove away. I cannot think of a single instance when I saw a bolted-down structure selling food or anything else in a park, or anything with commercial signs. Those belong on a regular street in a business district.
The closest I've seen to what you're describing is designated areas for food vendors at county fairs, food trucks at swap meets, and vending machines near the restrooms at highway rest areas.
Regardless of the "rent", I do not see how shipping lockers are appropriate for a park. Even the post office does not put mailboxes inside a park. And if this is OK for Amazon does that mean UPS, FedEx, AliBaba, and whoever else can join in??
Yes, this is what corruption looks like.
- sokoloff 5y agoHere in Boston, the Swan Boats and Frog Pond skating operation rent space from the city of Boston. There are around a dozen food and push carts on the common and several semi-permanent structures offering various services. (These don’t appear to have a traditional foundation, but they also don’t look to have moved regularly.) I’m surprised no parks near you have a similar program; perhaps there isn’t enough foot traffic to make it worthwhile? In terms of whether the park department should make deals like these with other operations, if the citizens they ostensibly work for want them, then they should. The Swan Boats and Frog Pond are wildly popular and enjoy widespread public support here.