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.. <br />Action 2: <br />communicating <br />progress on goals <br />BP 24.2. Organize goals/outcome measures from all city plans (social, environmental, economic) and <br />report to community members data that show progress toward meeting these goals. <br />24.2 in Action: <br />Duluth's Priority Based Budgeting <br />Duluth identifies priorities with sustainability woven into them, and then reports progress <br />annually. For this, Duluth uses Priority Based Budgeting_(PBB), a methodology that <br />matches community priorities with available resources. The budget document itself <br />dentifies how departmental goals and capital expenditures align with the priorities and <br />includes outcome measurements for the prior three years as well as the current budget <br />year. <br />Duluth began using PBB in December 2017. Then, during the July 2018 Sidewalk Days, <br />the city launched a game to build community engagement into the PBB process. They <br />provided 10 PBB coins to each constituent, who got to allocate those coins to the <br />priorities they thought were most important to the city. In April 2019, they launched a <br />version of the game on the city's website. 800 people participated in just the first 10 days. <br />As Duluth looks to add equity and inclusion to their priorities, they will leverage their use <br />of PBB and continuous community engagement. Their 2021 Budget Book indicates "racial <br />equity and inclusion touch all of the City's priorities." In 2020, the city hired Mindy Granley <br />as Sustainability Officer. Granley confirmed, "Whether you're interested in saving money <br />and resources over time, protecting open space, or building a more resilient economy, <br />sustainability is about aiming to provide a high quality of life in a community for all of its <br />residents." <br />12 <br />