• A Timeline for RVAPB

    A Timeline for RVAPB

    In an effort to more deeply plan out what needs to happen to move the Richmond People’s Budget forward, we have created this extensive timeline. Also known as a gantt chart or project management plan, it is meant to tease out the complexity of actions, responsibilities, and deadlines for these efforts. The spreadsheet below is…

  • 10/4/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    10/4/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    The RVAPB Commission kicked of its fall meetings on October 4th. The primary goal of this meeting was to reconnect, share some updates, identify collective goals, and work through a few specifics. Further details can be seen in the notes below.

  • Charla del Presupuesto Participativo con Flor Lopez

    “Es lo que todo el mundo debería estar haciendo en todas partes, con todo el presupuesto todo el tiempo. Me entusiasma la posibilidad de que es una puerta que estamos abriendo para continuar empujando que tomemos pasos hacia esa dirección…Si estamos hablando del presupuesto de la ciudad, del dinero que la comunidad ha pagado a…

  • 6/28/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    6/28/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    As the culminating effort of the RVA PB Steering Commission, we did our final review of the rulebook and voted unanimously to approve the work. The next step with the rulebook is to bring it before City Council and staff for further discussion. It also provides a baseline standard that will require further alignment with…

  • 5/31/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    5/31/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    During this Commission Meeting, they focused once again on doing a thorough review of the rulebook. They read through the entire rule to make sure all the details were clear and in alignment with the vision that the commission had set forward.

  • RVAPB – Looking for a Design Intern

    RVAPB – Looking for a Design Intern

    Do you have design skills? Looking for a project that will have significant impact in Richmond? The Richmond Participatory Budgeting initiative is looking for a summer design intern that will help us complete the first phase of a 2 year planning process. We need someone with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign skills to help us layout…

  • 5/17/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    5/17/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    With the focus on the commission centered on wrapping up the rule book, this meeting was primarily a table session to continue to walk through the document. They went step by step through a host of comments and questions that commission members had brought forward. We also focused our attention on coming up with specific…

  • Participatory Budgeting Chat with Ebony Walden

    “More agency, ownership, power, voice, self-determination, decision-making; all of the things that we need in our society to have strong civic engagement and participation”

  • 5/3/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    5/3/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    For the May 3rd meeting of the Richmond Participatory Budgeting Steering Commission our primary focus was on how best to evaluate pb and then continue to dive into the conversation about how best to equitably allocate funds around the city. We began with some brief updates. The week before Matthew had presented to the City…

  • Participatory Budgeting Chat with Wyatt Gordon

    “If you look at American society today, building trust is probably one of the number one things we should be focusing on. The flip side of helping people to build trust in their local government is helping local government officials and elected representatives to also trust the people that they’re governing”

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