KINGSTON – Results of the 2019 participatory budgeting project survey will be announced by Kingston Mayor Steven Noble at a community budget forum on Tuesday, September 24. The session will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers at City Hall.
The 2019 participatory budgeting project will award $20,000 to a community project in each of the city’s three unique business districts – Uptown, Midtown and Downtown.
The online survey, which was open for voting from August 9 through September 6, had almost 600 responses from people voting for their preferred projects to receive funding.
For the pilot project, $15,000 was set aside for improvements or projects in each business district for a total of $45,000. The funds were generated by revenue received from off-street parking fees.
The mayor set aside $20,000 for each district in the 2019 adopted budget toward this new round of participatory budgeting.
