Lincoln Square Chamber Of Commerce: Amazon Lockers Will Net Park District $137,600 At Most For First Year, Contract Shows

Press release from Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce:

August 24, 2021

"It is not enough to justify having branding in our parks. It is absolutely not enough," Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33rd) said. "I think this is a slap in the face."

by Mina Bloom / Block Club Chicago / August 22, 2021

AVONDALE — The Park District is set to make $89,900-$137,600 in its first full year of allowing retail giant Amazon to install controversial delivery lockers in more than 100 public parks — and critics say the amount doesn’t justify the intrusion.

Block Club obtained the Park District’s contract with Amazon through a public records request after several lockers were installed on sidewalks, partially blocking them, in parks earlier this month.

The contract shows Amazon pays the Park District $50 a month for each of the smallest of the steel lockers, which are 6 feet wide. The contract calls for $125-a-month payments for the largest lockers, which are 15 feet wide. Read more HERE

This press release was produced by Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.