Service group: Democracy & Inclusion
Mika Kasonen elected as Chairman of City Executive Board of Vantaa
The Vantaa City Council held its first meeting of the autumn term on 21 August. At the meeting, Mika Kasonen of the National Coalition Party was elected as the new Chairman of the City Executive Board for the 2023-2025 term of office, following the departure of the current Chair, Sari Multala, as
Youth Council election will be held in autumn
New members of the Vantaa Youth Council will be elected in the autumn for the two-year term 2024–2025. Young people living in Vantaa who turn 13–18 years during the election year are eligible for the election.
Who deserves the Vantaa Culture Prize - nominate your favourite by 16 July
Each year the City of Vantaa awards two cultural prizes.
Ideas of children and young people for implementing Vantaa's strategy: from collecting garbage to supporting teachers’ coping
How would children and teens in Vantaa implement the city's strategy? Students at Vantaa's elementary schools, high schools, and Vantaa Vocational College Varia participated in the Influential Day at the City Hall in the spring to create ideas for how to implement the city’s strategy. This is how
City council chose new major and ratified Vantaa’s 2023-2025 welfare plan as well as plans related to Vantaa light rail
City council chose new major and ratified Vantaa’s 2023-2025 welfare plan as well as plans related to Vantaa light rail
Pekka Timonen elected as the new Mayor of Vantaa
At its meeting on 19 June 2023, the Vantaa City Council elected Pekka Timonen as the new Mayor.
Tikkurila campus area’s name chosen - almost 3000 suggestions were submitted
Tikkurila Competence Campus was chosen to be the new name amongst the submitted suggestions in the name contest.
Do you know how you can influence urban planning? Watch the video and take action!
Urban planning dictates Vantaa’s development. It specifies where, for example, new daycare centers, parks, and housing will be built. Residents, too, can make an impact on the solutions to be made - you can participate, as well!
Participatory budgeting projects progressing in Myyrmäki
Myyrmäki begins to carry out the projects that the local residents voted for in 2022.
Vantaa City Council decided: Vantaa to build the light rail
Vantaa City Council decided in its meeting on May 22 on building Vantaa’s first light rail. Building the light rail can begin in the fall of 2024, and traffic is estimated to begin in 2029.