PB Cycle 12

PB12 Vote Results Party Attendees

 

The results of the 12th cycle of Participatory Budgeting were announced at the March 18, 2026 Vote Results Party at Cambridge City Hall. The following nine projects won $1,032,000 in PB12 funding: 

1.  Fixing Sidewalks, Saving Trees ($100,000)
2.  More Complete Streets ($200,000)
3.  Transportation Assistance Services ($50,000)
4. Cold and Wet Weather Kits ($60,000)
5. Rain and Pollinator Gardens ($100,000)
6. Supporting Continuous Access to School Supplies ($12,000)
7. Residential Rat Control ($110,000)
8.  Concrete Barriers for Bike Lanes ($150,000)
9.  Basketball Court Upgrades ($250,000)

Thank you to the 10,172 Cambridge residents that voted this year! The full vote totals are outlined below.

	Project	Cost	Votes	Cumulative Cost
1.	Fixing Sidewalks, Saving Trees	$100,000	5,057	$100,000
2	More Complete Streets	$200,000	4,355	$300,000
3	Transportation Assistance Services	$50,000	3,868	$350,000
4.	Cold and Wet Weather Kits	$60,000	3,757	$410,000
5.	Rain and Pollinator Gardens	$100,000	3,621	$510,000
6.	Supporting Continuous Access to School Supplies	$12,000	3,394	$522,000
7.	Residential Rat Control	$110,000	3,335	$632,000
8.	Concrete Barriers for Bike Lanes	$150,000	3,275	$782,000
9.	Basketball Court Upgrades	$250,000	2,525	$1,032,000
10.	Free Bikes for Low-Income Residents	$150,000	2,467
11.	Winter Indoor Recreation Open Hours	$30,000	2,339
12.	Support Spaces for Artists	$120,000	1,928
13.	Planters for Sidewalk Trees	$75,000	1,711
14.	Outdoor Exercise Equipment	$150,000	1,566
15.	Dog Park Improvements	$100,000	1,146
16.	Pool Dryers and Equipment	$20,000	1,079
17.	Outdoor Tools for Loan	$15,000	955
18.	Improve Riverside Press Park Community Garden	$275,000	934
19.	Bike Counters	$209,000	931
20.	My Future, My Vote	$5,000	916

 

The 20 projects on this year's PB12 ballot are listed below! Click on each project title to learn more about each project. Projects are categorized by the volunteer committee that developed them. The PB12 vote will be open from March 5-15, 2026.

 

 

PB12 Ballot Projects

Starting on September 30, 2025, and through the first week of February 2026, nearly 80 volunteer Cambridge residents of all ages, and across the whole city, will be working in four committees to research, assess, and develop the submitted ideas to create the final proposals for the March 2026 PB ballot.

 

Follow along with the PB12 Proposal Development process through the PB Newsletter! 

 

To learn more about the work of the PB Delegate role and the PB12 Proposal Development process, read the PB12 Delegate Guide.

Idea Collection for the twelfth cycle of Participatory Budgeting in Cambridge began in September 2025, and ended on October 12, 2025. During the idea collection stage, over 1,100 ideas were submitted by community members via community events, classroom and neighborhood idea collection workshops, email, mail, over the phone, and the online idea collection map! To read all of the ideas that were submitted in the twelfth cycle, view the map below:

 

 

 

To be eligible for PB funding, projects must:

• Benefit the public.
• Be either a capital project on city-owned property OR an operating project with a fixed duration of up to three years
• Consistent with existing City policies
• Implemented with the City of Cambridge
• Implemented after July 1, 2026 (the start of the next fiscal year)

If you have any questions about the PB process in Cambridge, please email pb@cambridgema.gov.

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