PB Cycle 11

The PB11 Vote Results Party

 

The following seven projects won $1,060,000 in FY26 funding: 

1. Improve Parks with Shade Structures and Seating ($250,000)
2. Build a Pollinator Garden in a City Park ($75,000)
3. Funding for High School Clubs ($150,000)
4. Slower Speeds for Safer Streets ($250,000)
5. Mobile Center for Hard-to-Recycle Items ($75,000)
6. Welcome Baby Boxes for New Parents ($60,000)
7. Electric Vehicle Chargers ($200,000)

Thank you to the 10,110 Cambridge residents that voted this year! The full vote totals are outlined below. 

	Project	Cost	Votes	Cumulative Cost
1.	Improve Parks with Shade Structures & Seating	$250,000	5,042	$250,000
2	Build a Pollinator Garden in a City Park	$75,000	4,064	$325,000
3	Funding for High School Clubs	$150,000	3,609	$475,000
4.	Slower Speeds for Safer Streets	$250,000	3,498	$725,000
5.	Mobile Center for Hard-to-Recycle Items	$75,000	3,433	$800,000
6.	Welcome Baby Boxes for New Parents	$60,000	3,071	$860,000
7.	Electric Vehicle Chargers	$200,000	2,972	$1,060,000
8.	Basketball Court Upgrades	$350,000	2,577
9.	Moses Youth Center Upgrade	$150,000	2,505
10.	Mobile Pet Care	$200,000	2,499
11.	Girls' Empowerment Sports Events	$45,000	2,495
12.	Shoot for the Stars: Public STEAM Programs	$15,000	1,907
13.	Install Safe Disposal Boxes for Sharp Items	$30,000	1,902
14.	Submersible Wheelchair at Gold Star Pool	$12,000	1,857
15.	Bring Adventure Play to Cambridge	$150,000	1,584
16.	Free Sunscreen in City Parks	$20,000	1,313
17.	Live Captioning Accessibility for City Meetings	$250,000	1,288
18.	Free Lice Combs in Public Schools	$60,000	1,175
19.	Fun, Educational Bike Events for Adults	$110,000	1,083
20.	Accessible Mats for Public Events	$20,000	894

The 20 project proposals on the ballot this year are listed below! Click on each project title to view each project page. Projects are categorized by the committee that wrote them. The PB11 vote was open from March 6-16, 2025.

 

Committee	PB11 Ballot Projects
Environment	Install Safe Disposal Boxes for Sharp Items ($30,000)	Electric Vehicle Chargers ($200,000)	Mobile Center for Hard-to-Recycle Items ($75,000)	Build a Pollinator Garden in a City Park ($75,000)
Community Resources	Live Captioning Accessibility for City Meetings ($250,000)	Welcome Baby Boxes for New Parents ($60,000)	Free Lice Combs in Public Schools ($60,000)	Mobile Pet Care ($200,000)
Youth	Girls' Empowerment Sports Events ($45,000)	Moses Youth Center Upgrade ($150,000)	Basketball Court Upgrades ($350,000)	Funding for High School Clubs ($150,000)
Transportation, Streets, and Sidewalks	Submersible Wheelchairs at Gold Star Pool ($12,000)	Accessible Mats for Public Events ($20,000)	Fun, Educational Bike Events for Adults ($110,000)	Slower Speeds for Safer Streets ($250,000)
Facilities, Parks, and Recreation	Shoot for the Stars: Public STEAM Programs ($15,000)	Bring Adventure Play to Cambridge ($150,000)	Improve Parks with Shade Structures & Seating ($250,000)	Free Sunscreen in City Parks ($20,000)

 

Starting on October 1, 2024, and through the end of January, 2025, 60-70 volunteer Cambridge residents will be working in five committees to research, assess, and prioritize all of the submitted ideas and develop the final proposals for the March 2025 PB ballot. 

Follow along on the Proposal Development process through the PB Newsletter! Take a look at all issues from this year's Proposal Development process via the links below.

Issue 1: A Powerful Start to PB11!

Issue 2: An Important Step in Proposal Development

Issue 3: PB11 Proposal Development Going Strong!

 

 

To learn more about the PB Delegate role and the Proposal Development process, read the PB11 Delegate Guide. 

Idea Collection for the eleventh cycle of Participatory Budgeting in Cambridge began on August 26, 2024, and ended on October 1, 2024. During the idea collection stage, over 1,300 ideas were submitted by community members via community events, classroom and neighborhood idea collection workshops, email, mail, and the online idea collection map! To read all of the ideas that were submitted in the eleventh cycle, please select the map below.

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