Participatory budgeting in Oulu in 2022
This year, we have 70,000 euros to transform the ideas suggested by the residents into practical reality.
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Skip to resultsSelected Walkers and friends for the elderly people in the city for the duration of the summer
The money would be used to recruit over 18 year old students for a month to walk with the elderly in nursing homes and home care. The recruited students would be people that have already had practi...
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Selected Dog poop bag dispensers for public areas
The money would be used to purchase 12 new dog poop bag dispensers. The dispensers would be installed in areas of the city that do not yet have them.
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Selected Campfire site to Kiulukangas
The money would be used to construct a campfire site to Kiulukangas. It would be placed in an area outside the city plan, near the jogging trail and ski track. The campfire site would be realised u...
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Selected Renovation of the Oulunlahti beach
The money would be used to renovate the Oulunlahti beach and to remove the growths of horsetail.
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Selected Park benches for public areas in the city
10 pieces of new park benches would be installed in public areas in the city, such as the Tuira beach and Maikkula.
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Selected Diversity through wildflower plantations
The money would be used to diversify the flora of meadows and to plant meadows in patches. The meadows would be sown with seed mixes of annual and perennial meadow plants. The preliminary locations...
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Selected Trees for the city center
Spruces would be planted in the elevated steel garden beds on Kirkkokatu's Rotuaari for the winter season. Spruces of various sizes from the nursery could be used for the elevated garden beds.
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Selected Bench for the Metsokangas skating rink
The money would be used to purchase a bench for the Metsokangas skating rink for putting on ice skates.
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Gym equipment to the Haapalehto sawdust track
The money would be used to renew the old gym equipment by Haapalehto sawdust track.
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Loan service for handicraft equipment: Weaving equipment for inkle bands
The money would be used to purchase weaving equipment for inkle bands (reed and shuttle) to be borrowed by residents.
For the libraries of Oulunsalo, Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Karjasilta.
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Borrowable sliding snowshoes for the Kiiminki library
The money would be used to purchase sliding snowshoes that could be borrowed by all residents in the Kiiminki library.
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Supervised moped club in Metsokangas in the summer
A supervised moped club would operate at Metsokangas School once a week in June. The activities would be similar to the moped and light motorcycle club that operated in the winter and was organised...
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Culture club for youth and young adults - let's experience together!
The money would be used to implement a cultural small group for youth and young adults that would assemble once a month. In the first assembly, the youth and the counselors would brainstorm and dra...
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Community gardens that are accessible to everyone
The money would be used to purchase 10 accessible raised garden beds for already existing places of urban gardening. The raised garden beds would be rented out for the summer of 2023. If the garden...
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Borrowable metal detector and pinpointer for the Haukipudas library
The money would be used to purchase a metal detector and a pinpointer type metal detector to be borrowed by residents.
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Literary art on electrical cabinets
Electrical distribution cabinets in the Oulu city center will be decorated into works of literary art. Distribution cabinets would have distinctive, insightful and inspirational poems and other tex...
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Skateboarding bench to Kuusisaari
The money would be used to purchase a skateboarding bench to Kuusisaari.
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Renewal of football goals on the Nokela pitch
The money would be used to renew the football goals to be placed on the Nokela pitch.
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Place to put on ice skates for the Oulujoki rink
The money would be used to arrange a bench area for the Oulujoki rink for putting on ice skates.
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Guidepost for Puolivälinkangas fitness trail
The money would be used to get a new guidepost for the Puolivälinkangas fitness trail to replace the old guidepost.
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Nature photography for the enjoyment of Oulu residents
The money would be used to display photos by nature photographers on various screens in the city. Photos could be displayed, for example, for two weeks in August, around the time of the Finnish Nat...
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New changing cubicles and two new benches for the Kiviniemi beach
New changing cubicles and two new benches would be acquired for the Kiviniemi beach. The beach is located in Haukipudas on Kivimäentie.
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New changing cubicles to Papinjärvi in Oulunsalo
Two new changing cubicles would be purchased to Papinjärvi in Oulunsalo.
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Renovation of the recreational area in Torpanmäki
New disc golf targets and tee pads would be purchased for the recreational area of Torpanmäki in Haukipudas. The money would also be used to improve the campfire site located in the area.
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Environmental art island
The small island in front of Rapumaja on Dammisaari island would be covered entirely by an environmentally themed work of art that takes a stand. Rapumaja on Oulu’s Hupisaaret islands is a place of...
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Bicycle racks for playgrounds
The money would be used to purchase five (5) bicycle racks for playgrounds in the city. Suitable playgrounds for the racks will be considered if the idea is voted for implementation. The racks to ...
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New ice hockey goals for the Niittyaro sports center
The money would be used to purchase six pieces of new ice hockey goals for the Niittyaro sports center.
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Streetball basket stand to the Oulunsalo central sports field
A streetball basket stand would be purchased for the Oulunsalo central sports field.
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Bird watching deck by Pyykösjärvi
The money would be used to build a bird watching deck by Pyykösjärvi in Vartioniemi.
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Trampolines for the schoolyard of Rajakylä School
The money would be used to purchase three trampolines installed fixedly in the ground in the schoolyard of Rajakylä Comprehensive School. In the daytime on working days, the trampolines would be in...
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Collection vehicle tour
The money would be used to implement collection trials in different parts of the city with touring collection vehicles. The collection would receive hazardous domestic waste (paints, batteries, etc...
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Portable pumptrack
The money would be used to purchase a portable pumptrack. The track would be placed on stone dust in the Kaakkuri sports park.
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Study and work space in the Oulunsalo library
The money would be used to obtain an air-conditioned glass cube to serve as a study and work space in the Oulunsalo library.
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Mural for the Maahisenpolku underpass
The money would be used to carry out a mural covering the entire Maahisenpolku underpass connecting Välivainio and Puolivälinkangas. An artist would be hired to create the piece.
The mural would b...
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