RVA PB walkthrough

Brainstorm

Idea Collection

Proposal Development

a virtual walkthrough

What is rva pb?

Funding

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Vote

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Any Richmond Public School infrastructure expense

Inelligible Ideas

Elligible Ideas

Major Street repairs - resurfacing of entire roadway or alley

After School garden program

Installing accessibility ramps on public property: $1,000 -$6,000 per ramp

Planting Trees in a Park: $300 per tree

Creating a traffic roundabout: $25,000 - $100,000

How would you spend $3 Million in your community?

Brainstorm

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Every citizen 14+ can participate!

Some of the ways we'll collect ideas

Ideal Collection

• Fill out an idea card and drop it off at a local PB site.
• Attend a City Council District or a Civic Association meeting.
• Go online and click “participate” at the top of the RVPB.org website
• Organize an idea party with your neighbors
• Go for a walk in your neighborhood to talk to people
• Send us an email
• Post it online social media with the tag #rvapb

• Community need
• Project impact
• Equity
• Cost

Grading Criteria

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Idea Assessment

Proposal Development

Proposal development brings together groups ofdistrict-based volunteers called the Budget Committees to create proposals based on the ideas shared during idea collection.

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Online and In-person voting

Which would you vote for?

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Select your favorite ideas

Vote

Renovating public buildings: $30-$450 per sq ft

Resurfacing a basketball court: $15,000 - $85,000

Creating a community garden: $7,500 - $30,000

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Voter Eligibility Any resident of the City of Richmond and any Richmond public school student aged 14 and older regardless of residence. Voters must provide a legal name and zip code/address and contact information. For those that are unhoused, they can provide the general area they live in.

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A media campaign will be created to announce the projects and the voting results.

The City of Richmond Implements the winning projects between July 2025 and June 2026. The City will create and issue RFPs for the approved projects.

The selected projects recieve funding!

Funding

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Another PB Cycle

Repeat!

Proposal Development: October 2026 - February 2027

Implementation of Projects/Evaluation: July 2027 - June 2028

Voting: April 2027

Idea Collection: June - September 2026

Implementation of Project/ Evaluation: July 2025 - June 2026

Voting: April 2025

Proposal Development: October 2024 - February 2025

Idea Collection: June - September 2024