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Saturday, March 3, 2012

WHAT SHOULD THAT MILLION DOLLARS BE SPENT ON? THE GREAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING EXPERIMENT.


What does your neighborhood need? An improved park? Safer streets? New school technology? Your neighbors have developed project ideas to meet community needs and City Councilmember Brad Lander has set aside $1 million to fund them.

And YOU get to vote on which projects will get funded. Come see on March 14th what will be on the ballot at the Participatory Budgeting Expo – then cast your vote from March 27th through April 1st.

Expo
Wednesday, March 14th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Park Slope Armory, 361 15th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenue, Brooklyn

Vote

Tuesday, March 27 - Thursday, March 29 

 

Councilmember Lander’s District Office

7:30am - 8:00pm
456 5th Avenue, 3rd Fl

 

Saturday, March 31


Windsor Terrace Library
160 East 5th Street
10:00am - 4:30pm

PS 58
330 Smith Street
(Enter on 1st Place)
10:00am - 6:00pm

Old Stone House
336 3rd Street
10:00am - 7:00pm

 

Sunday, April 1


Beth Jacob Day
Care Center
1363 46th Street
10:00am - 5:00pm

Old Stone House
336 3rd Street
10:00am - 5:00pm

Carroll Park
Carroll Street between Court and Smith
10:00am - 5:00pm


See the Brooklyn Bureau's article "Kensington: What Price a Dog Park?" for a walk through the decision-making process that led to the specific projects being presented to voters.