Slavic Village, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, will be the center of a resurrected attempt to convince Clevelanders that participatory budgeting can be a thing here—and Slavic Village is the place to prove that.

People’s Budget Cleveland, the organization behind the failed 2023 ballot initiative to bring participatory budgeting to Cleveland, announced Friday that Slavic Village was picked amongst a dozen other neighborhoods for a $100,000 pilot program next summer.

The goal is to let the community choose something of value to them -- a playground, an arts program, etc. -- and it almost doesn't matter what exactly is chose.

To Jonathan Welle, a community organizer working with PBCLE, the more important takeaway is how the project is chosen: Slavic Village residents, after a

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