With Participatory Budgeting, You Pick the Projects

On Wednesday evening, Councilman Brad Lander will hold his long-anticipated Participatory Budgeting Expo at the Park Slope Armory. A total of 20 projects will appear on the ballot, and it's up to residents to vote for the ones they want to see become a reality.

Voting itself will take place from March 27th to April 1st. (Take a look at for more information on voting locations.)

Below are the projects that will most directly impact the Kensington and Windsor Terrace areas. For the full list of projects, click here.

Cultural and Community Facilities:

The International Mother Language Monument:

Celebrating local cultural diversity, International Mother Language Day, and Bengali language movement. At Dome Playground.

Resources and Community Space: 

New books/DVDs & equipment for small room for meetings, storytelling, rehearsals, and performances promoting Kensington's cultural diversity.

Projector for Celebrate Brooklyn & BRIC Art Center:

High powered projector for large scale, free public performances at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park and at the new BRIC Media House.

Education:

media center upgrade for journalism program:

Electrical upgrade of multimedia room and purchase of new equipment to support school's news and journalism program.

Technology: A Better Future for / Students:

Installation of 15 Smartboards (P.S. 130), 45 13" Macbook computers with two carts and two wireless printers (P.S. 154 grades 1, 3 and 4). 

Parks and Recreation:

Body Weight Fitness Equipment Area:

Install new body weight fitness equipment in Prospect Park.

Dist. 39 Tree Planting:

Plant 170 new trees and install tree guards on blocks with few or no trees (Parks Department will contribute an additional $85,000 to this effort for tree planting if funded). Ed. Note: Dist. 39 includes Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington and Boro Park.

Prospect Park Pedestrian Pathway Rehabilitation:

Repair Prospect Park pedestrian paths near Park Circle and Long Meadow to prevent flooding, add 10 trash cans in park.

Streets and Sidewalks

Pedestrian Hazards at the Prospect Expressway:

Repairs and additions to badly damaged and dangerous nine lane Prospect Expressway pedestrian crossing, area and landscape.

Transit 

BusTime "count-down" clocks:

Install digital signs on bus shelters in the district to inform riders when the next bus will arrive. (MTA must adopt a bus clock system for this project to move forward).

Flowers: First Fix For Flooding at Ft. Hamilton F/G:

Improve south end of Ft. Hamilton subway exit by replanting green areas to control erosion & prevent flooding (if funded, an additional $325,000 will be be applied to the project by another agency). 

The expo will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Park Slope Armory YMCA, located at 361 15th Street.