West End participatory budgeting pilot

How would you spend $100,000 in Vancouver's West End?

In late 2017, City staff proposed the first ever participatory budgeting (PB) process in the West End to distribute additional revenue collected through permit parking fees. A total of $100,000 of this parking revenue was approved by Council for the purpose of this pilot project.

In fall of 2018, staff helped convene the WE Choo$e Impact Team, a community-led steering committee, to guide and oversee the process. The Impact Team has, since then, led the community idea collection and project proposal development.

On February 4, 2020, the Impact Team completed the community vote and the results of the vote was brought to City Council for approval [PDF, 80KB] on March 31, 2020. 

For more information on:

• the voting process and the 14 shortlisted projects, please read the Voters' Guidebook
• the process and how the community is involved, please read the Rulebook