TONIGHT: Participatory budgeting neighborhood assembly

DKAtPRsW0AIZ8RB.jpg-largeThe participatory budgeting process has begun again.

Residents of District 22 can help decide how to spend $1 million on public projects on local parks, schools or libraries.

“Every year I look forward to hearing from residents about projects in which they would like to invest,” said Councilman Costa Constantinides. “The enthusiasm we’ve seen from voters is what has made participatory budgeting a success in previously cycles.”

Last year, 3,600 votes were cast in the district. Winning projects included new tree plantings, bus countdown clocks, library upgrades and improvements to the STEM lab at The Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria.

The process begins local neighborhood assemblies, where residents brainstorm and share ideas for projects. Volunteers then break into groups and transform ideas into fully-formed project proposals with details and costs.

Voting will be this spring, both online and at sites across the district. The top projects are funded up to $1 million.

Here’s the remaining schedule for this cycle’s neighborhood assemblies:

  • Monday, September 18, 7 p.m. – Cretans Associations, 32-33 31st St.
  • Wednesday, September 20, 7 p.m. – Astoria Houses Community Center, 4-05 Astoria Blvd.
  • Wednesday, September 27, 6 p.m. – Bohemian Hall, 29-19 24th Ave.

 

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