Participatory Budgeting
Budget de la Gente
Cycle 3 voting has begun! ¡Ya comenzo la votacion del ciclo 3!
Budget De La Gente cycle 3 is underway! Help us decide how to invest $200,000 in Ward 1. Participatory budgeting (PB) gives community members an opportunity to participate and decide how a portion of the city budget should be spent. At its best, participatory budgeting shifts power away from the hands of the few to the hands of the many. To make it work, we need you to get involved. We need you to share ideas for projects that can make a difference in your community.
And now the time has come to vote! Click the button above to vote for this year’s proposals. See below for last year’s proposal winners.
Voting begins April 1st and will continue through until April 30th
¡El ciclo 3 de Budget De La Gente esta en marcha! Ayudanos a decidir como invertir $200,000 en el distrito 1. El presupuesto participativo (PB) brinda a los miembros de la comunidad la oportunidad de participar y decidir cómo se debe gastar una parte del presupuesto de la ciudad. En el mejor de los casos, el presupuesto participativo traslada el poder de las manos de unos pocos a las de muchos. Para que funcione, necesitamos que usted participe. Necesitamos que comparta ideas para proyectos que puedan marcar la diferencia en su comunidad.
¡Y ahora es el momento de votar! Haz clic en el botón de arriba para votar por las propuestas de este año. Consulta a continuación las propuestas ganadoras del año pasado.
La votación comienza el 1 de abril y continuará hasta el 30 de abril.
Budget de la Gente Timeline
Cycle Three
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More about Budget de la Gente
Help decide how to invest $200,000 in Ward 1.
There’s a saying: the squeaky wheel gets the grease. What it means is the loudest get help first, and far too often this phrase holds true, especially in local government. That’s a problem because it can pull attention, services, and investment away from what’s most needed in a community. Plus this form of governing alienates many of us who come from working-class families trying to get by. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The Ward 1 Office is engaging in a transformative, democratic process called Participatory Budgeting Ward 1, also known as Budget de la Gente, one of many participatory budgeting projects throughout the world, and the first municipal process in the state of Arizona. Participatory budgeting (PB) gives community members an opportunity to participate and decide how a portion of the city budget should be spent. At its best, participatory budgeting shifts power away from the hands of the few to the hands of the many. To make it work, we need you to get involved. We need you to share ideas for projects that can make a difference in your community. We need your help with developing proposals and giving feedback. And when the time comes, we need you to vote!
Guidebook/La Guía
Cycle 1 and how it works
This guidebook set the guidelines for the first participatory budgeting cycle that ran from February to May 2023. It is a living document that is meant to be revised each cycle and help community members, participants, and other stakeholders participate equitably and make informed decisions throughout the process.
How to get involved!
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Gente Newsletter
Thank you for voting! ¡Gracias por votar!
Budget De La Gente cycle 2 has wrapped up! 720 votes were submitted during the month of April. Thank you to everyone who voted! There were a total of 146 ideas submitted by community members! 24 of those ideas are now up for implementation. Stay tuned to see these projects come to fruition.
¡El ciclo 2 de Budget De La Gente ha concluido! 720 votes fueron sometidos durante el mes de abril. ¡Gracias a todos los que votaron! ¡Hubo un total de 146 ideas enviadas por miembros de la comunidad! 24 de estas ideas están ahora en proceso de implementación. Estén atentos para ver cómo estos proyectos se hacen realidad.
Winning Proposals! ¡Propuestas Ganadoras!
Cycle 2
Funding Announcement for Cycle 1
Thank you so much to the 1,130 people who voted in the first cycle of Budget de la Gente, the state’s first municipal participatory budgeting process. As we are wrapping up this first cycle, we are excited to announce the award-winning proposals for one large infrastructure project and 20 community-based projects!
We will continue to explore opportunities to help fund the remaining Budget de la Gente proposals. We are also expecting to begin Cycle 2 of Budget de la Gente in August! Stay tuned. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Congratulations to the community for voting in favor of the Cushing Street Skatepark! The $250,000 in funding for the large-scale infrastructure project will go towards the development of a skatepark beneath the freeway underpass at the intersection of I-10 and Cushing Street Skatepark. This was an effort that has been years in the making and has been led by the Tucson Skatepark Alliance and Council Member Lane Santa Cruz.
