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Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Director, Mara Mintzer's, TEDx talk will be featured on TED's main platform launching Nov. 7. Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ is a CEDaR program.
"Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," which was released Sept. 17 by New Village Press, was written by three women with strong ties to CU СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's Community, Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR).
Sidewalk Labs looks at how North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations to keep families. This includes СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, Colorado, where Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ asks kids themselves what they want, and the city incorporates its tiniest residents' ideas into transportation and other municipal plans.
Colorado MetroLab, a partnership between CU СÀ¶ÊÓƵ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU СÀ¶ÊÓƵ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's University Hill area.
Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ and the city of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.
BikeLife СÀ¶ÊÓƵ looks at a partnership between Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ and GO СÀ¶ÊÓƵ that gives teens a voice in shaping transportation improvements in the East Arapahoe corridor.
Second-grade English language learners from Whittier Elementary saw their suggestions for upgrading the HOP bus implemented, their input made possible through the CEDaR program Growing Up СÀ¶ÊÓƵ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.
