• Participatory Budgeting in Greensboro

    Participatory Budgeting in Greensboro

    Three hours by car south of Richmond, you will arrive at Greensboro, a town somewhat similar in size to Richmond. In fact, Participatory Budgeting has been in operation in that town as well, dating back to 2014. Greensboro became the first city in the South in 2014 to use such a process and allocated $500,000…

  • 4/19/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    4/19/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    RVAPB this week got very real. We had our first review of material from our communiations partner at Rhudy and Co. They brought some unique language and designs that will give this work an identity in the community. But before that a few updates: On April 15th, Addie and Matthew sat down with the local…

  • 3/15/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    3/15/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    Mid March has caught up with the work of the RVA PB Steering Commission. While hoping to be further along with the Rulebook efforts, they are still deeply considering the details of how this will work for Richmond. For this meeting, we turned all of our attention to the PB process. For what on the…

  • 3/1/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    3/1/2023 RVAPB Commission Meeting

    The refrain for this meeting was similar to those that came before. The Commission continues to keep its focus on the development of the RVAPB rulebook. We started with several updates. Next we focused on wrapping up conversations about the budget. If we follow a one year on, one year off, the operating budget should…

  • People for PB in Boston

    People for PB in Boston

    Grassroots groups in Boston are pushing to expand Participatory Budgeting to be a city-wide process that is equitable, community-led, and racially just!

  • 2/15/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    2/15/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    The second meeting of the RVAPB Steering Commission in February 2023, was a mix of introductions, deep discussions, and confirmations about the direction of participatory budgeting in Richmond. We began by meeting our partners at Rhudy and Co. They are helping us to develop how we communicate PB to the broader community through visuals and…

  • 2/1/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    2/1/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    Much like the last meeting the Commission is focusing its attention on the development of the RVAPB Rulebook. Most of this meeting centered around doing the hard work of getting into the details that will be important to the RVAPB process, but also keeping the larger picture in focus. We are concerned with the making…

  • 1/18/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    1/18/2023 RVAPB Steering Commission

    The January 18th Commission meeting continued to focus on the development of the rulebook for RVAPB. The rulebook is a guide or a design for how participatory budgeting will move forward in Richmond, allowing the commission to shape how the process will impact the city. The meeting began with a check-in that gives the commission…

  • 1/4/23 RVAPB Steering Commission

    1/4/23 RVAPB Steering Commission

    (Due to technical issued short sections of audio are missing) Agenda Much of this meeting of the RVAPB Steering Commission was focused on getting back up to speed after the holidays. After wrapping up a significant amount of work at the end of the year, we needed to review where things stands. Over the break…

  • RVA PB Rulebook

    The primary task of the RVAPB Commission is the development of a rulebook that will guide the RVAPB process. Throughout the fall of 2022, they have been reviewing and exploring rulebooks from other PB efforts around the country. In 2023 they will start to create a rulebook specifically for Richmond. You can follow those activities…

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