Submit Ideas for Projects to Improve Cambridge June 1 - July 31, 2022, as Part of City's Participatory Budgeting Process

The City of Cambridge has launched the 9th cycle of Participatory Budgeting (PB9) and is seeking ideas from the community on how to spend $1 million on one-time capital projects to improve Cambridge. The Idea Collection phase will be open from June 1 – July 31, 2022.

Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of the city’s capital budget. From August through November 2022, volunteer Budget Delegates will research project ideas and develop the final proposals that will be presented for a community vote in December 2022. All Cambridge residents age 12 and older will be able to participate in this voting process which will be available online and in-person at several Cambridge locations during the voting period December 1-11, 2022.

Winning projects from past PB cycles have included youth center upgrades, home essentials for newly housed residents, solar panels for the Main Library, laundry access in public schools, and many others.

Residents can submit ideas from June 1 - July 31, 2022 online at www.cambridgema.gov/yourbudget; by email to pb@cambridgema.gov; by calling the city’s Budget Office at 617-349-4270; dropping ideas in the Payment Drop Box behind City Hall; or by mailing them to City of Cambridge Budget Office, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139.
Residents interested in volunteering as PB Delegates can do so by visiting https://pb.cambridgema.gov/volunteer2.

For more information about the process, please contact the Budget Office at 617-349-4270 or by email at pb@cambridgema.gov. Please also check the Participatory Budgeting website for updates and information at pb.cambridgema.gov.