THE RESULTS

WHAT?

$250,000TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTUREPROJECTS AT CLARK PARK

PROCESSDesign the

IDEASBrainstorm

PROPOSALSDevelop

VOTECast aCast a

PROJECTSFund Winning

THE PB PROCESS

Toledo

75 Fwy

Vernor

Clark

96 Fwy

BOUNDARIES

In the Neighborhood Surrounding Clark Park, Southwest DetroitPARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

Door-to-door canvasing andintentional inclusion to increase voter turnout and help residents' voices be heard.

INCREASED

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG RESIDENTS AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

WHAT NEXT?

3 WINNING PROJECTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED MORE PB!

Learn from this process & implement PB city-wide 

Listen to residents' ideas and  equip residents with  decision-making power 

Sit, Sip, Eat, Listen ($72,000)

Benches, picnic tables, trash cans, drinking fountains & speakers to play music at Clark Park Rec Center

1The Chill Zone ($50,000)

Repair gazebo & design it as a youth after school hangout spot

2ADA Play Park ($139,000) Build a playground accessible & inclusive for children with diverse abilities

3

Overall Population Steering Committee Voter Turnout

48%

Latinx AfricanAmerican

Caucasian

40%

49%

27%

14%

22% 21%

29%

15%

Voter ethnicity matches neighborhood profile due to inclusive decision-making

PB FIRST CYCLE VOTER TURNOUT RATES IN OTHER CITIESCOMPARED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

2% NYC, New York 3% Vallejo,

California11% Overall 7%2017 Mayor Election

Encouraged youth involvement throughout entire PB process and youth had highest voter turnout among all age groups

OF VOTERS WERE 17AND UNDER49%

IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS47%

HAD NO CIVICENGAGEMENT

532 IDEAS COLLECTED

16 PROPOSALSFROM 231 PEOPLE

3 WINNING PROJECTS