Join us for the 1st Annual Lower 9 Summer Festival! 

We'll have good food, cold drinks, and hot music. Join us for a FREE day of community celebration with your neighbors! Summer Festival is hosted by the Lower 9 Collaborative to kick of the first-ever participatory budgeting process in New Orleans. 

What is participatory budgeting? 

PB is a different way to manage money in a community. It’s a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a pot of money. PB gives ordinary people real decision-making power over real money. In most cities, a PB process uses public money from a city budget. Here in New Orleans, we take things in our own hands. The funds for Lower 9 PB were privately raised to be decided upon by YOU.

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