Voting Results
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Find out how District 8 residents voted to invest $100,000 of their tax dollars
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – (April 10, 2019) The votes were in! The people have spoken! Residents of Metro Council Districts 6 and 8 have chosen physical improvements for their neighborhoods under the Our Money Our Voice participatory budgeting initiative.
Our Money Our Voice is a joint initiative of Public Health and Wellness’s Center for Equity and District 6 Metro Councilman and Council President, David James, and District 8 Metro Councilman, Brandon Coan.
The projects residents selected for District 8 include:
- Playground renovation at Bloom Elementary School. $25,000
- Indoor and outdoor gym improvements at the Douglas Community Center. $50,000
- Street Recycling Bins. $15,000.
- Speed Ave, Driver Feedback Signs. $10,000.
“I was impressed by how enthusiastically people living in my district, especially young people, took to the project,” said Councilman Brandon Coan. “I believe participatory budgeting strengthens democracy by getting people involved in the work of government and in the decisions that impact them.”
View the full list of proposed project locations!
Interested in learning more about which ideas will be on your district ballot? Be sure to check out the sample ballot to learn more about which ideas residents submitted that they’ll have an opportunity to vote on.
Don’t see your idea listed? Or have questions about how ideas were selected to be placed upon the ballot?
Be sure to check out the section below which explains how ballot items were selected. There you will find more info about what kinds of ideas were selected, which factors affected whether the idea was eligible to fund by June 2019.
Residents were eligible to participate if they were 14 years and older and live anywhere within District 8, which includes the following neighborhoods:
- Alta Vista (Cherokee Seneca)
- Belknap
- Bonnycastle
- Braeview (Cherokee Gardens)
- Cherokee Triangle
- Deer Park
- Germantown
- Hawthorne
- Highlands Douglass
- Kingsley
- Original Highlands
- Seneca Gardens
- Seneca Vista (Bowman)
- Strathmoor Manor
- Strathmoor Village
- Tyler Park
- Upper Highlands (Gardiner Lane and Hayfield Dundee)
Want to learn more about the eligibility requirements for participating Council Districts?
Click to view | Louisville PB Handbook [designed by Local Residents]
Note: ballots were considered ineligible if the responses submitted ranked more than one entry with a duplicate priority rating (e.g. ranking recycle bins and Bloom Elementary both as the 1st priority, etc.)
Residents from District 8 recently had the opportunity to brainstorm and identify issues in their neighborhood that needs to be addressed.
What kinds of ideas were submitted?
Between September 10th – October 21st, volunteers across Jefferson County contributed
- 121 hours of community service
- Engaged > 633 residents
- Visited > 383 properties
- Collected > 256 ideas
- Click to view | residents' ideas
The ideas residents have submitted will help Louisville Metro Government measure the needs and priorities of our community. The information participants collected helps your local government identify and remove barriers to equity, accessibility, and inclusion
When public servants understand the needs and priorities of your neighborhood, it helps all participants build a shwered vision for a Louisville where every community can thrive.
What determined which ideas ended up on the ballot?
Stay Tuned for more information about how residents can champion for some of the ideas that didn’t make it onto the ballot.
