How does PB work in Cambridge? What happens when?

The 2019 PB cycle will run from May-December 2019 and include the following key phases:

Planning and recruitment of a volunteer OUTREACH TEAM consisting of residents and representatives from local nonprofit and community-based organizations (May 2019)
Community members brainstorm and submit IDEAS about how to spend $1,000,000 of the City's FY21 budget on capital projects to improve Cambridge (June 1 -July 31, 2019)
Volunteer Budget Delegates research and prioritize ideas, ultimately developing final PROPOSALS for the PB ballot (August-November 2019)
City staff vet proposals for FEASIBILITY and COST (November 2019)
Residents VOTE on which projects they’d like the City to fund (Early December 2019)
RESULTS are announced and winning projects are included in the City’s FY21 capital budget (December 2019)
Winning projects are IMPLEMENTED (July 2020 onward)

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City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting