Cultivating Community Engagement Through Financial Transparency

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.

• 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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