Winning projects for the First Cycle of Participatory Budgeting (PB) in Buffalo have been tallied and announced! Over 300 residents came out to 8 different voting locations over the span of 6 days in various locations throughout the Masten District to decide on how to spend $150,000. The winning projects, in order, are: Farmer’s Market […]

Participatory Budgeting (PB) Buffalo is kicking off its very first vote in the City of Buffalo and we need you to attend! Participatory Budget (PB) is a different way to manage public money. It is a democratic process in which community members, like you, decide how to spend part of a public budget. PB gives […]

  PB Buffalo Pilot Year is Announced for the Masten District Last May, the City of Buffalo allocated $150,000 from the City Budget to be decided on by residents in the City’s first ever Participatory Budgeting Process. For months the Steering Committee, chaired by Clean Air and composed of Clean Air members, residents, members of […]

Community Control Over Public Dollar$ is an informational Exposition on Participatory Budgeting in Buffalo. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a fairly new way to make decisions about publicly funded projects. Participatory Budgeting gives ordinary people decision-making power over real money. PB is already working in over 1,500 municipalities around the world. It includes everyone in the community […]

Back in May we submitted a proposal to present at the 3rd International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in North America: Real Money, Real Power and it was accepted! Clean Air has been working hard over the past couple of years to implement a more democratic and participatory budgeting process in the City of Buffalo and […]

July 22, 2014 Common Council to Explore Participatory Budgeting in Buffalo New group will develop recommendations for implementing process in the Queen City   BUFFALO, NY – The Common Council voted unanimously today to establish a working group to learn more about Participatory Budgeting and develop recommendations for implementing the process in Buffalo. Participatory Budgeting […]

Organizer Natasha Soto was featured on the October 3rd cover of ARTVOICE, highlighting our Participatory Budgeting campaign in Tonawanda & our work in neighborhoods bordering the Peace Bridge Plaza on Buffalo’s West Side. Reporter Sarah Bishop interviews Natasha about her work using Participatory Budgeting as a way to change the decision making process and bring […]

On March 28th, twelve jurors found Tonawanda Coke and its environmental control manager Mark Kamholz guilty on violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The trial included testimony from over 30 witnesses, many former employees, and lasted over a month. This landmark verdict is only the second time in US […]

Road Trip! The Clean Air Coalition, the Coalition for Economic Justice, Heart of the City Neighborhood, and Hispanics United of Buffalo, along with our members are attending the Second International Conference on Participatory Budgeting May 3-5th in Chicago! Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of […]