Newmarket budget game asks residents to Put Your Money Where it Matters

Yorkregion.com
July 7, 2016
By Chris Simon

Newmarket wants residents to put their money where it matters.

The town has introduced Put Your Money Where it Matters, a game intended to help the municipality with its 2017 budget planning process. Participants receive one ‘budget buck’ and will be tasked with spending it on one priority - either revitalizing the community centre lands and addressing downtown parking, creating a strategy for ‘vibrant and livable’ corridors along Davis Drive and Yonge Street, supporting neighbourhood projects, ensuring safe streets or Organization Ready 2020, a long-term planning document.

“We are pleased to offer our residents with a new way to share their feedback,” Mayor Tony Van Bynen said. “This year, we’re doing things a little differently and are encouraging our residents to have some fun when it comes to budget engagement.”