The next round of participatory budgeting is about to begin!
Now is your chance to determine how you and your neighbors will spend my 2011 Aldermanic “Menu” allocation. The 2011 participatory budgeting process begins next week with the first in a series of “neighborhood assembly” meetings that will be held throughout the ward from now until the middle of October.
The ward is organized into eight sections or areas, with a neighborhood assembly held in each area. In addition, a Spanish language assembly will be held. The neighborhood assemblies are open to any 49th Ward resident. At each neighborhood assembly, the attendees are given a brief description of the aldermanic infrastructure menu program and the participatory budgeting process. Meeting attendees will then be asked to brainstorm ideas for possible uses of the infrastructure menu money.
At the conclusion of the meeting, we will ask for volunteers to serve as “community representatives,” who will be charged with developing specific spending proposals for a ward-wide vote in April 2011.
All meetings begin at 7:00 PM
- Monday, Sept. 27th, Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf, 2nd Floor (Area F)
- Tuesday, Sept. 28th, St. Margaret Mary Church Activity Center, 7311 N. Claremont (Area B)
- Wednesday, Sept. 29th, Pottawattomie Park Fieldhouse, 7340 N. Rogers (Area C)
- Monday, Oct. 4th, New Field School, 1707 W. Morse (Area E)
- Tuesday, Oct. 5th, St. Jerome Church Parish Center, 1709 W. Lunt (Spanish language)
- Wednesday, Oct. 6th, Loyola University, Bremner Lounge, 6525 N. Sheridan (Area H)
- Monday, Oct. 11th, United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse, 3rd Floor (Area G)
- Tuesday, Oct. 12th, Natalie Salmon House, 7320 N. Sheridan (Area D)
- Tuesday, Oct. 19th, Gale Academy, 1631 W. Jonquil (Area A)
Schedule by Area
- Area A, Tuesday, Oct. 19th, Gale Academy, 1631 W. Jonquil
- Area B, Tuesday, Sept. 28th, St. Margaret Mary Church Activity Center, 7311 N. Claremont
- Area C, Wednesday, Sept. 29th, Pottawattomie Park Fieldhouse, 7340 N. Rogers
- Area D, Tuesday, Oct. 12th, Natalie Salmon House, 7320 N. Sheridan
- Area E, Monday, Oct. 4th, New Field School, 1707 W. Morse
- Area F, Monday, Sept. 27th, Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf, 2nd Floor
- Area G, Monday, Oct. 11th, United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse, 3rd Floor
- Area H, Wednesday, Oct. 6th, Loyola University, Bremner Lounge, 6551 N. Sheridan
- Spanish Language, Tuesday, Oct. 5th, St. Jerome Church Parish Center, 1709 W. Lunt
