The Bottom-Up Revolution

Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Make Your City’s Finances More Accessible


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David Jenkins is a city councilor in La Plata, Maryland, as well as the city’s Local Conversation leader. He joins Norm on this episode of Bottom-Up Shorts to discuss his work with the city’s budget, particularly his efforts to share the city’s financial information with the community in a way that’s easy to understand and actually allows residents to participate in the budgeting process.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES
  • La Plata Financial Sustainability podcast

  • The Local-Motive session that inspired Jenkins: “Parsing Through Your Local Budget to Find Some Real Answers

  • You’ll Pay for This! How We Can Afford a Great City for Everyone, Forever” by Michel Durand-Wood

  • Learn more about:

    • Finance in a Strong Town

    • Local Conversations

    • Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn)

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