Balboa Park BART Station Gets A Cafe
In this week’s newsletter, we bring news of an exciting new cafe beside the Balboa Park BART station and more.
Nine projects won enough votes from district residents to be awarded $50,000 each.
District Seven Supervisor Myrna Melgar announced the winners of the Participatory Budgeting in late July.
Of the 11 project proposals put before the district's residents, nine garnered 400 or more votes which was required to win. 1,270 people voted in this year’s cycle. Each will be funded with $50,000.
This is also the comeback of the Participatory Budgeting since it was put on hiatus last year and replaced with District Seven Community Grants.
Tw0 winning proposals were for neighborhood projects.
Aptos Middle School proposed building a community vegetable garden with seating and memorial space along with an emergency response hub stocked with emergency supplies.
Commodore Sloat Parent’s Community proposed adding to the schoolyard benches, a volleyball net, basketball hoops and painting a baseball diamond on the blacktop.
It's unclear whether any "Neighbors Fests" will be held in the greater Ingleside. A representative from the supervisor's office could not be reached by press time.
Fund for the winning projects will be routed to the appropriate city departments over the next six to eight weeks.
The winning proposals:
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