29th Ward
29th Ward seeks residents’ ideas on what to fund in neighborhood
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Saturday is the deadline for residents to submit their ideas about which projects they want to be considered for funding through participatory budgeting.
Alderman Chris Taliaferro (29th)
29th Ward participatory budgeting sees increase in voters
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Though votes are still being tallied, more West Side residents took part this year than in past years. They’re helping decide how $1.5 million in “menu money” will be spent.
29th Ward
West Side residents help decide how $1 million will be spent in the 29th Ward
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Sixty percent of the $1 million will go to street repairs and resurfacing in the ward. The rest of the projects to be funded – and listed here in order of popularity – are: street safety upgrades, community gardens, a fitness course at the Austin Town Hall, bike lanes, a mural in Columbus Park and public art at Sayre Language Academy. Nearly 400 residents voted this time around.
29th Ward
Voting ends this week for 29th Ward participatory budgeting
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Residents of the 29th Ward have until Jan. 29th to vote on how $1 million in menu money will be spent. In addition to street repairs and surfacing, the money will be allocated for community projects. Residents will be able to choose up to five of seven projects, which include public art, community gardens, speed bumps and a fitness course at Austin Town Hall.
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Residents can soon cast their votes in 29th Ward participatory budgeting
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Residents of the 29th Ward will soon have the opportunity to vote on how to spend about $1 million in their community. The goal is for residents to be able to vote on several possible projects before the end of January.
29th Ward
29th Ward alderman seeks input on spending $1 million
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West Side residents have until Sept. 19 to submit their ideas on how the “menu money” should be spent. Community volunteers and Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s office will whittle down the suggestions for residents to vote on in coming months.
29th Ward
29th Ward projects decided for 2020
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29th Ward residents approved six out of seven projects that will be completed over the next several months. The projects include street resurfacing, community park improvements and a pedestrian crosswalk, with a safety island.
participatory budgeting
Voting begins Nov. 6 on 29th Ward projects
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Voting will be available to any resident of the 29th Ward who is 14 or older. Ballots will be available online on Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s website and in person at his office, 6272 W. North Ave.; at the Austin Chicago Public Library, 5615 W. Race Ave.; and at the North Austin Chicago Public Library, 5724 W. North Ave. Voting ends Nov. 20.
29th Ward
Alderman seeks input from 29th Ward on local projects
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro will be hosting a discussion on participatory budgeting in the 29th Ward. Residents will have a chance sometime in November to vote on the projects they think should be funded out of the alderman’s “menu money.”
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
29th Ward alderman wants your input on how to spend nearly $1 million
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The first of three meetings being held to discuss which neighborhood projects should be funded with “menu money” is set for June 14 at Amundsen Park. Two other gatherings are planned for Rutherford-Sayre Park and the Columbus Park Refectory later this month.