BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — What would you spend $1 million on in your neighborhood?
Residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights will soon get a chance to weigh in on how taxpayer money should be spent in the area.
Councilman Robert Cornegy brings the participatory budgeting process to the district with a series of neighborhood assemblies beginning Sept. 19.
“From what I’ve learned thus far, our first year of participatory budgeting will be intense & worthwhile,” Cornegy said in a statement.
“Residents who get involved will learn a lot about city government, the political process and their neighbors’ needs and priorities.”
Locals can share their ideas, which can include proposals for projects such as school repairs, street lighting upgrades or park renovations.
Volunteers are also able to sign up for committees that work over the course of several months to shape proposals.
The first of three neighborhood meetings will take place on Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. at Restoration Plaza’s Community Room, 1368 Fulton St.
Additional meetings will take place on Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum's Commons Theater at 145 Brooklyn Ave., and on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Greater St. Stephen United Church of God at 874 Myrtle Ave.
