Participatory Budgeting 2025 Results!
For the second year in a row, you voted to let us know how we should spend $1 million of our infrastructure budget! This year, we received a total of 947 votes (over 100 more than we received in PB 2024) The winning projects you selected are:
Goudy Elementary Accessible Playground
Berwyn DLSD Underpass Restoration
Bump-outs
Upgraded Lakefront Benches
Foster Landscaping
Balmoral/Sheridan Audible Crosswalk
Public Art
Bryn Mawr Decorative Crosswalks
The above projects add up to about $800,000 in infrastructure costs. Read more about each project below. Note that in 2024, 48th ward neighbors voted to allocate 20% (200,000) of the $1 million budget toward general infrastructure repairs and resurfacing.
Want to propose an infrastructure project for PB 2026? share your input via the forms on this page of our site.
We want to bring PB engagement opporunities directly to you. Interested in hosting your own PB 2026 community engagement meeting where you can propose and discuss project ideas? Reach out to development@the48thward.org. We’ll get back to you about hosting a meeting some time in the fall.