Imagine better amenities for your parks, schools, and streets. Now, imagine being empowered to pump $1 million for those improvements.

It’s a mission Councilman Andrew Cohen is trying to achieve once again through participatory budgeting, a process where residents in a Council district decide where a certain portion of capital funds will go towards.

Several meetings have now been arranged to hammer out some ideas. In Norwood, residents can gather at MMCC on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m., while Bedford Park locals can offer input at the Bedford Park Senior Center on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. to hash out ideas.

“The Councilman believes that constituents are the experts of their streets and local parks,” said Daniel Johnson, Cohen’s chief of staff. “It’s really taxpayers deciding how their tax dollars are spent.”

Johnson noted the process will remain the same as last year, with initial meetings scheduled for all of September. Eventually, so-called delegates will be appointed to flesh out some ideas, which will then be vetted by Cohen, his staff, and later city agencies to determine its feasibility.

The $1 million represents 20 percent of Cohen’s budget towards capital projects, which can take upwards of five years to begin construction. Projects must cost more than $35,000 and have a lasting impact of more than five years.

Early this year, five projects were approved by Cohen and several city agencies. They included projects throughout Cohen’s 11th Council District, though none were picked for Norwood or Bedford Park. Still, Cohen used some of his remaining capital budget for a $450,000 job to rehab P.S. 8’s auditorium. He also allocated $350,000 to replace Mosholu Library’s windows.

Residents who can’t make the meetings are encouraged to submit ideas via email, District11@council.nyc.gov.