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Boca Raton CRA asks staff to return with smaller, no-ad digital-kiosk pilot after vendor review
Summary
The Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency heard a staff proposal for 20 digital kiosks, including a revenue-sharing advertising model offered by Ike Smart Cities, but members asked staff to return with options limited to fewer units and no third-party advertising.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 24 heard a staff presentation on proposed downtown digital information kiosks and asked staff to return with scaled, non-advertising options and a pilot plan instead of proceeding with the 20-unit, ad-driven program staff initially outlined.
Ruby Riley, downtown manager, told the board staff had identified roughly 20 potential kiosk locations across downtown, including the Brightline area, City Hall, the downtown library, Meisner Park and Palmetto Park Road. She said staff’s preferred vendor, Ike Smart Cities, offers a turnkey, license-agreement program that places the vendor’s equipment on city right-of-way and shares advertising revenue with the city.
“Their advertising loop, 12.5% of it, would be available to the city for…
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