From today, 3 September to 1 October, all Tallinners will be able to submit proposals on which projects could be funded from the city's participatory budget in 2022.
Until September 30, the exhibition „Mixed plants in community plots / Kogukondlik Tootsi peenar" is open in Solaris Centre, aiming to introduce the increasingly popular community horticulture and its positive impact on both people and urban nature. You can also take part in a microgreens workshop and a guided tour with the curator.
In 2024, a new sports centre with the Olympic swimming pool, a leisure centre and a hotel will be completed in Lasnamäe, at Varraku 14a. A public contest was announced this week to find the name for the future building.
For the second year in a row, Tallinn celebrates Baltic Sea Day that is held on August 26. Marine and environmental specialists as well as all townspeople are welcome to the events of the thematic day dedicated to the wellbeing of the Baltic Sea.
The Tallinn City Government determined the locations of the polling stations in the local elections, paying attention to comfort and flexibility of the voting, meanwhile ensuring the protection of the voters’ health in the conditions of the virus outbreak.
From this week, the districts of Tallinn will distribute free medical masks to families with many children, low-income single parents, and residents of apartment buildings with a high infection rate.
The idea-gathering of the first participatory budget in Tallinn was very successful, more than 5 percent of the citizens with the right to vote participated in the referendum to choose between the ideas proposed by Tallinners.
In the first-ever referendum on the participatory budget in Tallinn, almost 20,000 city dwellers cast their votes for their favourite ideas. 18,543 citizens cast their votes electronically, but the exact number of those who voted on paper will become clear after counting the votes today. The results of Tallinn participatory budget will be announced at the City Government press conference at noon on Wednesday, February 3.