Intern: Anthony J.

Yarnall
Undergraduate Community Based Internship Program

Supervisor: Jenny Frankl

City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

INTRODUCTION

Your Voice, Your Choice is a participatory REFLECTION AND IMPACT

budgeting initiative designed to
encourage the participation of Seattle Working so closely with community
residents in civic decision making. members across the city was an incredibly
gratifying experience. I was able to view
The city appropriates $2 million of its budget their neighborhoods from each individuals
to the program each year. Residents are perspective. As an able-bodied male, I was
motivated to propose small-scale unaware of how daunting an unlit walk
improvements to parksand streets in to the light rail station could be, or how
their neighborhood. After a feasibility difficult it is to navigate a crosswalk thats
study, green-lighted proposals are without curb cuts. Ive found a passion for
voted on by the public via the Internet public service and hope to apply the lessons
or at a variety of physical polling stations. SERVICE PROJECT Ive learned at the Department of
Neighborhoods to future employment.
I have worked closely with my supervisor
STAKEHOLDERS Id like to acknowledge the contribution
over the past five months. Ive attended
public meetings, performed campus my supervior Jenny made to my education.
You! Me! Our neighbors! She taught me how to roll with the punches
outreach, entered plenty of data, and
This program benefits all Seattle residents. and compose an entire program from scratch.
composed graphics in support of YVYC.
We involved community members during
each phase of the project, from idea
collection to project development.
Please be part of the fun and vote for
your favorite project in June!