The word "workshops" suggests the nature of these. I hope these occurences are
constructive! What d'ya think?
Announcement:
"MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Thursday, January 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCES DATES FOR
BUDGET WORKSHOPS
The City Budget: Tight Times, Tough Choices
Philadelphia, January 22 – The Universsity of Pennsylvania Project for Civic
Engagement has announced the dates and locations of four community workshops to
gather citizen input for the City of Philadelphia’s 2010 budget process.
Mayor Nutter announced at a press conference last week that city officials will
participate in these workshops to examine with citizens the real budget
alternatives that will be generated by city departments.
All workshops begin with registration at 6:00 pm. Registration is vital to the
process of dividing participants into evenly sized, diverse working groups.
The program will run from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Here are the dates and sites:
Thursday, Feb. 12th - St. Dominic’s School, 8510 Frankford Ave. (Northeast)
Wednesday, Feb. 18th - Mastery Charter School, Pickett Campus, 5700 Wayne Ave
(Germantown)
Thursday, Feb 19th - St. Monica’s Catholic School, 16th and Porter Streets.
(South Philadelphia)
Monday, Feb. 23rd - Pinn Memorial Baptist Church, 2251 N. 54 TH Street (West
Philadelphia)
On Thursday, January 15, Mayor Nutter announced that the City of Philadelphia
is facing a second budget deficit of $1 billion and that further painful
choices will be required to ensure the fiscal integrity of the city. Mayor
Nutter also announced that there will be unprecedented level of public
engagement in the budget process as options to close the budget deficit are
examined.
These budget workshops are one piece of this public engagement which will
ensure that citizens are involved early on in the budget process, like never
before. The aim is to examine different budget options, discuss choices that
need to be made, and gather input from people across the city on their concerns
and priorities.
Further information on the budget workshops can be found at:
www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce
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