Salem City Budget Now in Visual Format

SALEM, MA—Salem has launched a visual budget, and it is now available for public viewing, the city announced Wednesday. 

The city announced the launch of a visual budget graphic tool, displaying all positive investments being made in the city from fiscal year 2012 to now by area and department. Residents can now enter their property tax amount and see how much of that amount is going to each part of the budget, as well as historical data going back six years. 

“I am very excited to announce the launch of our Visual Budget,” said Mayor Kimberly Driscoll in a statement. “This was a critical piece of the transparency agenda that was announced in this year’s State of the City address in January. A Visual Budget is a simple, user-friendly, open-source website that allows anyone to get a quick snapshot glance at how we are carefully and strategically investing public tax dollars to improve our City.”

All data is regarded as open source and can be downloaded for free by following the visual budget page. You can view the visual budget by clicking here.