OK this just pisses me off. Why don't they just come out and say they want to be in the "cool" neighborhoods. They say that they the 6th and Reily spot is blocks away from schools. the current spot is too!! There is a Catholic school of the 500 Block of 2nd.
They change their arguements for why sites aren't valid everytime someone points out they are wrong, and claim to be forth coming with information. I don't know who they were talking to, but the GSA hasn't told anyone shit this whole time. wtf??
Link to article and excert from PennLive.
U.S. wants shops near court
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/dau...icle220269.ece
Could the location of a new $130 million federal courthouse in Harrisburg boil down to whether there’s a nail salon nearby?
Federal officials told local and federal lawmakers that a nail
salon, an affordable restaurant, a card shop, a dry cleaner and lodging were some of the amenities needed around a courthouse site, according to several participants on a conference call last summer.
Barbara Shelton, regional director of the U.S. General Services Administration, who mentioned the nail salon during the call, said the comment was taken out of context.