SUGGEST YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT IDEAS ONLINE FOR SPENDING ONE MILLION DOLLARS

Help spend money on your neighborhood!

Starting today, you can suggest capital projects online that will benefit the neighborhoods in City Council District 39, Councilmember Brad Lander's district. Capital projects involve construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or installation or a physical public improvement.

One million dollars is available for capital projects in the district in these categories:

• Culture and Community Facilities
• Schools and Education
• Environment
• Housing
• Parks and Recreation
• Public Health
• Public Safety
• Seniors
• Streets and Sidewalks
• Transit
• Youth

Suggestions that others have already made online are listed to the right of the map, below the list of categories. Click on a suggestion to read it in its entirety or to make a comment. The suggestions made in the neighborhood assemblies that have been held so far aren't included.

To be considered for funding, a project can't cost less than $35,000 or more than $500,000.

If you take a look at previous posts on this blog about participatory budgeting, you'll find a lot of background information and many details about the 2011, 2012, and 2013 programs.