More Ways to Participate in Participatory Budgeting

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Councilmember Brad Lander is rolling out some additional ways neighbors in District 39 can let him know their ideas on how to spend $1 million. Participatory budgeting will let residents choose capital improvement projects, but you have to speak up to make sure your ideas are heard. If you missed the first round of meetings, here are some ways to participate:

Offer your ideas online: Councilmember Lander is launching a website where you can submit your ideas. Projects proposed online will be put on a map so you can see the ideas that your neighbors have submitted.

Submit your videos: There's also a participatory budgeting video project. If you want to go a little farther than just submitting an idea, then make a video about your idea and why it is needed. See some ideas in the video above.

Become a Budget Delegate: At the assemblies, many neighbors also volunteered to become Budget Delegates. These are the people who will be meeting in committees over the winter to evaluate the ideas that have been submitted, figure out which are feasible and how much they cost, and decide which will be put on the ballot. You can sign up to be a budget delegate here (the training and first meeting is Monday, November 7, at 7pm, at PS 230).