The seven projects that garnered the most votes in our City Council district's experiment in participatory budgeting in March will be funded by City Councilmember Brad Lander through the city's budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1st, at a cost of $1,040,000.
Follow the progress of those capital budget projects--and ten others that didn't receive enough votes to be funded through participatory budgeting--on Councilmember Lander's website.
Among the seven winning projects or the additional projects are the five that directly benefit Kensington and/or Windsor Terrace. They are
- Technology: A Better Future for PS 154/PS 130 Students (in Windsor Terrace)
- Pedestrian Hazards at the Prospect Expressway (in Kensington)
- Kensington Library Resources and Community Space (in Kensington)
- Ft, Hamilton F/G subway station improvements (in Windsor Terrace; used by residents of both Windsor Terrace and Kensington)
- International Mother Language Monument (in Borough Park by its border with Kensington)
Another project specific to Windsor Terrace was added afterward, and it's currently in process: installing an ADA-accessible curb at the northeast corner of E. 2nd Street and Greenwood Avenue.
Projects that aren't specific to Kensington or Windsor Terrace but are spread throughout the district and may benefit us are
- planting new trees,
- installing "Next-bus" clocks for bus routes,
- placing benches and bus shelters, and
- adding trash cans.
For background information and more details about the projects, please see these earlier KARMABrooklyn posts:
- HOW WOULD YOU SPEND $1 MILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? (September 19, 2011)
- COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED TOMORROW NIGHT (March 14, 2012)
- AND THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WINNERS ARE... (April 1, 2012)