Service group: Democracy & Inclusion
Participatory budgeting in Vantaa will start in November
Participatory budgeting provides Vantaa residents with an opportunity to influence the city budget. The funding for Vantaa’s participatory budgeting amounts to €1.2 million in 2024–2025.
Urban culture house town planning starts – residentsʼ meeting on 25.10.
The City of Vantaa Cultural Center in Myyrmäki will be built between 2023 and 2031. The project consists of two separate buildings and an event square connecting them.
City Council ratified the local detailed plan for Vantaa Energy Ltd's power-to-gas plant
Vantaa City Council’s meeting on October 9 began with a moment's silence in remembrance of the fatalities in Hakunila’s tenement fire. Five people died in the fire: the mother and four under-10-year-old children. The City Executive Board, as well, had a moment’s silence in honor of the fatalities in
MuKa project
MuKa is one the current projects of Vantaa City Museum. The aim of the MuKa project is to make every Vantaa resident feel that the museum belongs to them.
Vantaa is a forward-looking city – in the year 2024 Vantaa invests in the future
Vantaa Mayor Pekka Timonen has published his budget proposal for the year 2024. The city will continue to grow; it has managed to reduce its debt in a long-term basis; and during the next few years, Vantaa will implement several investments that will bolster the city’s vitality.
What is your favorite among Vantaa’s public works of art? Answer the survey by October 29
You can vote for your favorite Vantaa public artwork in Art Museum Artsi's survey.
Antti Lindtman to step down from his position as chair of the city council
Antti Lindtman, chair of the city council, announced today, on September 18, that he will step down from his position as the chair of the city council. He will continue in his position until the new chair has been chosen. Lindtman was chosen as the chair of the Social Democratic Party on September 1
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.