WINNING PROJECTS IN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING!

The 2016 winning Participatory Budgeting projects were announced today.

One winning Capital Project for Kensington and Windsor Terrace (and other neighborhoods):

• Bus Clocks on B67/B69: Know When Bus Arrives! -- bus clocks at twelve stops along McDonald Avenue, 7th Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue

Two winning Programming Projects within Kensington and Windsor Terrace:

• Translation Equipment for Multi-Lingual Schools -- to use in schools in or very near Kensington and Windsor Terrace: P.S. 130, P.S. 131, P.S. 179, P.S. 230, M.S. 839
• Overnight Book Drops at Three Library Branches -- to be placed at the Windsor Terrace branch and two other branches

Two Capital Projects for Kensington and/or Windsor Terrace that didn't win:

• New Dog Run in Kensington: Areas for Big and Small Dogs -- at the Parade Ground
• Replace painted cross-hatch with concrete on PPSW -- at 16th Street

The winners on the Capital Projects Ballot:

1. New “Lake Mess Monster,” an Aquatic Weed Harvester ($140,000) – 1692 votes
2. Year-Round, Freeze-Resistant Drinking Fountains ($175,000) – 1541 votes
3. Bus Clocks on B67/B69: Know When Bus Arrives! ($240,000) -- 1533 votes 
4. Create Teen Space at Carroll Gardens Library ($350,000) – 1321 votes
5. West Brooklyn Community HS Portable Laptop Lab ($105,000) –1275 votes
6. Mobile Studios" for Artists and Orgs in Gowanus ($150,000) – 1122 votes
7. Curb Extension & Safer Crossing- Carroll Park ($150,000) –- 1115 votes
8. Retrofit 75 Auditorium Lights for Safety at PS 282 ($200,000) – 1024 votes

The winners on the "Programming" Ballot:

1. Translation Equipment for Multi-Lingual Schools ($25,000) – 1891 votes
2. Music Equipment for Three Senior Centers ($5,000) – 1618 votes
3. Overnight Book Drops at Three Library Branches ($24,000) – 1388 votes