Your vote counts: 2019 Participatory Budgeting now open

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED.

District 7 Participatory Budgeting is now open. Cast your vote here: https://sfpbd.sfgov.org/en/district/7/vote

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D7 Participatory Budgeting 2019 voting opens, April 1-14

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Every District 7 resident sixteen and older is eligible to vote. $650,000 available for local projects that win the vote. Vote online (April 1-14):  https://sfpbd.sfgov.org/en/district/7/vote 

Vote in person (April 1 -14): At West Portal Library; at Ingleside Library; and at City Hall.

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Participatory Budgeting 2019: The Detroit Steps

The 2019 Participatory Budgeting ballot will include several Sunnyside-based projects. One is aimed at beginning the process of beautifying the local stairways called the Detroit Steps (Detroit St between Hearst and Joost).  Voting will be open April 1-14, 2019 and take place both online and in person. For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page. 

Preparing Sunnyside’s Detroit Steps for Landscaping and Art

A proposal to fund repairs of the concrete structure, clearing overgrown and address water drainage issues on the Lower and Upper Detroit Steps, as a community-led effort gathers into planning landscape and artwork for future beautification project

VOTE & MAKE SUNNYSIDE SHINE — Voting is open April 1-14, 2019 

To learn more about RE-IMAGINING the Detroit Steps as a lovely pedestrian route, a jogger paradise, or a peaceful haven, visit: https://sunnysideassociation.wordpress.com/detroit-steps/  

Or contact: Rosaura Valle / rpcvalle@gmail.com

Feb 23: Detroit Steps Project Kick-off Event

Lighting the Detroit Steps for safety and preparing them for a future public art project are the aims of two of this year’s Sunnyside D7 Participatory Budgeting projects. For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page. 

Local sentiment about the Steps. Photo: Flora Clerque Photography.
Local sentiment about the Steps. Photo: Flora Clerque Photography.

Learn more about this exciting project here. You are invited to stop by the Kick-off event on Saturday February 23 (12 noon – 2 pm), at the Lower Steps, Detroit Street at Hearst Ave — to learn more and talk with the project leaders. A special musical guest is expected for the event. For more info about the project, contact: Rosaura Valle rpcvalle@gmail.com.

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