Participatory budgeting allows community members who can't legally vote to still have a voice . In 2009, residents in Chicago's 49th Ward held the first participatory budgeting vote in the U.S.

Over 12,000 New Yorkers came together in small groups to generate more than 4,000 proposals for solutions to problems such as public safety, ... The reason New York City is implementing participatory ...

After a monthlong participatory budgeting voting process, Evanston announced winning projects Friday. ... The money will be available to 10 small businesses with less than 50 employees.

Tukwila forms a steering committee for a participatory budgeting initiative, involving residents in $50,000 funding decisions ...

The giant octopus painted on a former SFMTA parking lot was partly funded by the District 7 participatory budget. So were the new volleyball nets at Commodore Sloat Elementary School, local “disaster ...

Organizers of Evanston’s participatory budgeting program hosted the city’s second proposal expo at the Levy Senior Center on Saturday afternoon. Drawing a dozen visitors, it was an opportunity ...

Participatory budgeting is a process where community members vote on how to spend a portion of a public budget. If passed, the proposed legislation would allocate $5.5 million of federal funding ...