Voting is officially open for the District 7 Participatory Budgeting cycle, giving every one of us a direct say in how public funds are invested in our community infrastructure, street safety, and shared public spaces. This is our chance to secure funding for critical neighborhood projects, but we need a massive neighborhood-wide turnout to guarantee success.

Key Voting Rules & Info:

• Who Can Vote: Any resident over the age of 16 living within District 7 is fully eligible to participate.
• Flexibility: You are not limited to just one selection—each voter can vote for multiple projects on the ballot!
• The Funding Threshold: The 11 projects across the district that receive the most votes above a mandatory 400-vote threshold will be funded and built. Every single vote matters to push our local proposals over the line!
• Deadline: All ballots must be cast by June 15!

Featured Sunnyside Ballot Items

We have an incredible lineup of localized proposals designed to enhance neighborhood safety, accessibility, climate resilience, and community beautification. Be sure to look for and support these specific items on your ballot:

• Ballot Item 1: Planter Garden at the Detroit Steps Plaza Transforming the Detroit Steps Plaza into a more vibrant, green, and welcoming community gathering point with robust permanent planter installations.
• Ballot Item 4: Traffic Calming around Sunnyside Elementary Protecting our neighborhood’s children and families by implementing essential traffic-calming safety infrastructure immediately surrounding our local elementary school.
• Ballot Item 6: Havelock Bridge Mural Landscape Upgrade Beautifying our public pathways by combining public art with refreshed, climate-resilient landscaping elements around the Havelock Bridge area.
• Ballot Item 8: Safe Pedestrian Path at Congo-Circular Pedestrian Island Enhancing pedestrian visibility and safety at critical intersections by engineering a dedicated, secure pedestrian pathway around the Congo-Circular island.
• Ballot Item 12: Storage Container for Emergency Supplies Bolstering our neighborhood’s disaster readiness and localized resiliency by securing a weatherproof, accessible storage unit for community emergency supplies.

How to Cast Your Vote

Just go to the Participatory Budgeting website and cast your vote there. It’s quick and easy!

Please share this post, forward our flyers, and spread the word to your immediate neighbors, friends, and family within District 7. Let’s work together to hit that 400-vote minimum threshold and bring these vital infrastructure upgrades straight to Sunnyside!

Questions or want to get involved? Reach out to the SNA Board anytime at board@sunnysideassociation.org.