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What is Participatory Budgeting (PB)?  

• The community decides how to spend part of the City's budget. 
• Residents submit ideas and work with City staff to create proposals. 
• Residents decide which proposals receive funding by direct vote. 

Examples of Past Projects

How does it work? 

• City Council approved $2.4 million for Participatory Budgeting (PB).
• You'll see all 10 proposals on the next page. Voters select and rank their top choices, and the proposals with the most votes win. 
• Each person can only vote once. 

Focusing on Equity 

• Equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place.
• The goal of PB is to invest public money where it's needed most.
• Proposals were evaluated for equity based on project location, the demographics of impacted residents, and access to resources.