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Welcome to Participatory Budgeting Chicago!PB Chicago (PBC) is an innovative initiative that lets communities decide how to spend millions of tax dollars. Through a participatory budgeting (PB) process, discretionary capital funds controlled by Aldermen (“menu money”) are allocated by the community. Ward residents and stakeholders will propose spending ideas and develop project proposals, residents will vote on projects, and the list of projects that receive the most votes will be submitted to the Alderman and then the City for implementation.
Aldermen Arena (45th - Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Independence Park), Cappleman (46th - Uptown, East Lakeview), Hairston (5th - South Shore, Grand Crossing, Woodlawn, Hyde Park), and Moore (49th - Rogers Park), UIC's Great Cities Institute (GCI), the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) and several city-wide and community based organization have partnered to implement PB in four Chicago wards so that as many as 6,000 local residents can determine how to spend $4 million in taxpayer money. Chicago is Hosting the 2nd International Participatory Budgeting Conference
The 2nd International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in the US & Canada is only a month away!
Space is limited, so register today to guarantee your place! Residents to Have Say in 5th Ward Participatory Budgeting
"In May for the first time, participatory budgeting comes to Chicago’s 5th ward. Residents there will be voting on how to spend some $1 million in funds typically allocated to each alderman for improvements in their ward. Residents of Chicago’s 49th ward have been voting on this segment of their ward’s budget for several years now, and this year three other wards are trying it out. Proponents say participatory budgeting is the start of rekindling democracy in Chicago."
- WBEZ's The Morning Shift |
RESULTS ARE IN!
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PB Chicago Press Conference - Ines Sommer
Democracy in Action - Ines SommerDemocracy in Action from Ines Sommer on Vimeo. |
