PB News

  • Aug 17, 2022 - PB Committee approves Steering Committee!

  • Aug 4, 2022 - PB Kickoff town hall

  • July 22, 2022 - Applications open for PB Steering Committee!

  • June 27, 2022 - City council approves PB Evanston to provide technical assistance and allocates resources for PB Manager, PB Coordinator, and implementation.

  • Feb 2022 - PB committee begins meeting

  • 2021 - the Evanston city council approved $3.5m of ARPA COVID-19 recovery funds to implement a PB process in Evanston and created the PB Committee with council members Reid (chair), Burns, Nieuwsma, and Mayor Biss.

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Council creates PB committee

Council approves 6-0 to form a Participatory Budgeting Committee chaired by Councilmembers Reid (chair), Burns, Nieuwsma, and Mayor Biss (2:22).

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Agenda Setting Caucus Pilot

New facilitation and scribing techniques allow a group to narrow a list of 70 options down to 10 in an hour.

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