The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement has
announced the dates and locations of four community workshops to gather
citizen input for the City of Philadelphia’s 2010 budget process. Mayor
Nutter announced at a press conference last week City officials will
participate in these workshops to examine with citizens the real budget
alternatives that will be generated by City departments. This
information was released by the Mayor's Office today.
All workshops will begin with registration at 6:00 pm. Registration is
vital to the process of dividing participants into evenly-sized, diverse
working groups. The program will run from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Here
are the dates and sites:
*Thursday, Feb. 12* - St. Dominic’s School, 8510 Frankford Ave. (Northeast)
*Wednesday, Feb. 18* - Mastery Charter School, Pickett Campus, 5700
Wayne Ave. (Germantown)
*Thursday, Feb 19* - St. Monica’s Catholic School, 16th & Porter Sts.
(South Philadelphia)
*Monday, Feb. 23* - Pinn Memorial Baptist Church, 2251 N. 54th St. (West
Philadelphia)
On Jan. 15, Mayor Nutter announced the City of Philadelphia is facing a
second budget deficit of $1 billion and further painful choices will be
required to ensure the fiscal integrity of the City. Nutter also
announced there will be an unprecedented level of public engagement in
the budget process as options to close the budget deficit are examined.
These budget workshops are one piece of this public engagement which
will ensure that citizens are involved early on in the budget process,
like never before. The aim is to examine different budget options,
discuss choices that need to be made, and gather input from people
across the city on their concerns and priorities.
Further information on the budget workshops can be found at:
_www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce._ <http://www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce>
Penn's Harris Sokoloff is the quarterback for UPPCE. He is part of the
team that is otherwise mobilized as PennPraxis.
-- Tony West
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