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<span style="color:#00467E">Amy Blalock, Assistant Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">919.475.7735 (mobile</span><span style="color:#00467E">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:CommsMedia@DurhamNC.gov"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">CommsMedia@DurhamNC.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#00467E">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:50.0pt;color:#00467F">News Release</span><span style="color:#00467F;text-transform:uppercase">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#C00000">For Immediate Release: November 9, 2022</span><span style="color:#D3372A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Durham Seeks Ideas for $2.4 Million in Funding for Participatory Budgeting Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">City Residents Ages 13+ Asked to Submit One-Time Project Ideas from November 10 – December 10</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">DURHAM, N.C. – How should the City of Durham spend $2.4 million in its next round of participatory budgeting? Residents can soon
</span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/PBDURHAM">submit their ideas</a><span style="color:#0E101A"> for one-time projects beginning tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.pbdurham.org/">Participatory Budgeting (PB Durham)</a><span style="color:#0E101A"> is launching its third cycle of project funding in 2023, and city residents ages 13 and older are encouraged to submit their ideas
for one-time projects from November 10 through December 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Project ideas can include physical infrastructure ideas, such as playgrounds, bus shelters, and public art as well as technology improvement ideas, such as Wi-Fi umbrellas or solar panels on bus shelters for
charging mobile devices. Community enhancement ideas, such as planting street trees, are also encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Ideas will be accepted online beginning on Thursday, November 10 at
</span>PB Durham’s idea collection website<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, which is available in
</span></span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/PBDURHAM">English</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">and
</span></span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/PBDURHAMESPANOL">Spanish</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">. Ideas will also be collected
</span></span>at upcoming PB Durham idea collection events, which will also provide informatio<span style="color:#0E101A">n on how participatory budgeting works and allow attendees to speak directly with City staff about the process for implementing approved
projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">The following in-person events are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#0E101A">Thursday, November 10 at W.D. Hill Recreation Center,
</span><span style="color:#14140C">1308 Fayetteville St.</span><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#0E101A">Tuesday, November 15 at Holton Career and Resources Center,
</span><span style="color:#14140C">401 N. Driver St.</span><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#0E101A">Tuesday, November 22 at Walltown Recreation Center,
</span><span style="color:#14140C">1308 W. Club Blvd.</span><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#0E101A">Tuesday, November 29 at Durham Teen Center at Lyon Park,
</span><span style="color:#14140C">1101 Cornell St.</span><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#0E101A">Tuesday, December 6 at Weaver Street Recreation Center,
</span><span style="color:#14140C">3000 E. Weaver St.</span><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">A virtual Spanish idea collection event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and registration is now open on the
</span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/PBDURHAMESPANOL">PB Durham idea collection website</a><span style="color:#0E101A">. An in-person Spanish idea collection event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Latino Educational
Achievement Partnership (LEAP), located at 1737 Hillandale Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Pop-up events are also planned in November and December at multiple locations and community events throughout the city, and those locations will be available as these events are scheduled on the
</span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/PBDURHAM">PB Durham idea collection website</a><span style="color:#0E101A">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Unlike previous funding cycles, Cycle III will not fund projects through the City Council Ward System, and instead will distribute funding for selected projects that are prioritized around equity using a
</span>citywide asset map<span style="color:#0E101A"> provided on </span>PB Durham’s idea collection webpage<span style="color:#0E101A">. This map will allow residents to submit their ideas and be used to help guide the PB Durham Steering Committee and City
staff to ensure engagement resources are concentrated in the most underserved and underrepresented communities.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">According to Assistant Director Andrew Holland with the City’s Budget and Management Services Department, the changes in Cycle III were needed because the original intent of participatory budgeting prior to
the pandemic was to have improvement projects that residents could see and experience within their neighborhoods.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">“We want residents to have the opportunity to work alongside City staff to brainstorm and develop project ideas to ensure projects are feasible, equitable, and will have a direct impact on the most underserved
neighborhoods throughout Durham,” said Holland. “Having residents submit ideas for what they believe the city should fund in their communities gives them a real voice in their local government decision-making process on how their tax dollars are put back into
their communities.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Once the idea collection phase closes on Saturday, December 10, PB Durham will begin recruiting residents to serve as budget delegates during the proposal development phase. Budget delegates are volunteers
who will work alongside the PB Durham Steering Committee and City staff to develop the ideas submitted into proposals between March and July 2023.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A">Once those proposals are created, residents will then be asked to vote for their favorites in September 2023. Once residents have voted for their preferred projects, the funding requests for those vote-winning
projects will go before the City Council for their review and approval in fall 2023, with project implementation beginning shortly thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">For more information, visit the <a href="https://www.pbdurham.org/">
PB Durham website</a>, send an <a href="mailto:PBDurham@DurhamNC.gov">email</a> to PB Durham staff, or call (919) 560-4111, ext. 20290. Residents are also encouraged to follow PB Durham<span style="color:black"> on
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pbdurhamnc">Facebook</a><span style="color:black">,
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/pbdurhamnc">Twitter</a><span style="color:black">, and
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pbdurhamnc">Instagram</a><span style="color:black"> for the latest information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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