The SNA board met last week and would like to hold a virtual meeting to discuss this year’s participatory budgeting opportunity. The SNA has had great success in getting sufficient community votes that have resulted in funding for several improvement projects that have benefited our neighborhood in year’s past–and with your help we would like to keep this winning streak going strong in 2025!
Meeting objectives are:
- Discuss potential projects for SNA to sponsor (only one proposal can be submitted per group/author);
- Agree on the process for the project to sponsor, and
- Discuss whether SNA-associated groups (e.g., Slow Hearst, Detroit Steps) plan to submit project(s) individually.
At a follow-on meeting, to be held at a mutually-convenient time, we will:
- Agree on the project for SNA to sponsor,
- Determine the proposal writer and editor for SNA’s proposal (due date is March 28), and
- Discuss promotions strategy to get project(s) over the 400-vote minimum threshold for funding.
As noted in Sup Melgar’s announcement:
To qualify for part of the $400K allocated this year for District 7 Participatory Budgeting, projects must:
- Focus on a “demonstrated community need”
- Relate to one or more of these categories:
- Vision Zero (this category alone is allocated $150K (38%) of the funding);
- School beautification/facilities updating;
- Art in a merchant corridor;
- Sidewalk repairs/updates, and/or
- Expedited daylighting.
- Be a single project submitted by a neighborhood association, non-profit, merchant organization, or institution located in the district, or
- If submitted by an individual or business, must be sponsored by such an organization
This virtual meeting will be held using Google Meet.
Monday March 3, 2025 — 6:30pm
Meeting link:
https://meet.google.com/gug-eykm-fpi
Join by phone:
727-346-6145
PIN: 499013391
We hope you will be able to meet with us to kick off SNA’s 2025 participatory budgeting process!
–Your Friendly SNA Board
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association 