Participatory Budgeting Submissions

The City of Somerville completed the first-ever Participatory Budgeting cycle in 2023. In Participatory Budgeting, residents submit ideas for how to improve Somerville with one million dollars; volunteers score and select the 20 best ideas; and residents vote on the final ideas.

This dataset describes all the ideas that were submitted. Residents could submit ideas through the Participatory Budgeting website. Ideas were public to other users, who could comment or indicate support with a click. Ideas were then reviewed, combined, and scored for eligibility, need, and impact to determine which would appear on the ballot. This dataset includes the ideas that were submitted in this initial submission phase.

索美维尔市于2023年圆满完成了首次参与式预算周期。在参与式预算中，居民们提交了如何使用一百万美元改善索美维尔的想法；志愿者对这20个最佳想法进行评分和选择；居民们对最终的想法进行投票。本数据集描述了所有提交的想法。居民们可以通过参与式预算网站提交想法。这些想法对其他用户公开，用户可以通过点击进行评论或表达支持。随后，这些想法经过审查、合并和评分，以评估其资格、需求和影响，从而确定哪些想法将出现在选票上。本数据集包括了在初步提交阶段提交的所有想法。