This week, I want to provide you with an update on the 2016 47th Ward Aldermanic Menu Program. In case you don't know, each year aldermen are budgeted $1.32 million to fund infrastructure improvements and maintenance in their ward. After I took office, we implemented a participatory budgeting process to ensure community feedback and data informs decisions I make. Our participatory process for selecting projects begins each fall with the block audit. Next, we compile a list of possible projects and open that list to the community so residents can vote on projects important to them. I then make the final decision on which projects are funded after reviewing the vote totals, data from city departments, and information assembled by the 47th Ward Team through their field surveys. I am proud to say that we are now in our fifth year of our participatory budget process!

See below for projects receiving our initial green light for funding and construction. Please note, projects not on this list may still be in the survey phase while others may be rolled over into the 2017 menu program. The projects listed below will be completed later this year or early 2017. No parking signs will be posted ahead of the work for projects impacting neighborhood parking. For more info on the menu process, please click here. We will release our full menu report, including voting results, later in the fall.  

 
Concerts at Wrigley Field
There will be concerts tonight and tomorrow at Wrigley Field. LV2 parking restrictions will be enforced for these events. Please be sure to have the proper passes displayed if you live in the LV2 zone. For more information on LV2, please click here.