Lerner points to other cities like Paris, where participatory budgeting has radically shifted its budget priorities: “New York’s program is really the exception, not the norm, from an international perspective and I think it’s holding possibilities back.”

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/how-new-york-city-participatory-budgeting-civic-engagement?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bfb2f15c7b-DailyNL_2022_12_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7a0-bfb2f15c7b-44304149

#participatorybudgeting #urban #Placegovernance #Cocities #justcities

How New York Is Giving Residents A Voice In The City Budget

The model can transform how mainstream funding is allocated, in a time when residents are “hungry to have more of a meaningful say on issues that affect their lives,” one advocate says.

Proud of the work my LabGov team is doing in Baton Rouge applying our "Co-City" model which helps to co-design and co-create collaborative economies in cities, particularly in neighborhoods that have been neglected and marginalized.

The story describes the project in Baton Rouge. To read more about the model, see the forthcoming MIT book "Co-Cities: Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities" #cocities #justcities #cities #urbancommons #commons

https://www-braf-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.braf.org/stories/2022/10/20/build-baton-rouge?format=amp

Building Trust: An experiment could juice NBR development

New here and they tell me I should make a proper introduction. So here goes.

I am a #law #professor who likes to keep my feet on the ground. Work with #cities #mayors on #equitable development #climatechange #climatejustice #environmentaljustice #energyjustice #urban #commons #cocities Also love learning #languages, live in #NYC and work in #WashingtonDC. Never a dull moment.