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Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ Director, Mara Mintzer's, TEDx talk will be featured on TED's main platform launching Nov. 7. Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ'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 Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado, where Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU Â鶹ӰԺ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing Â鶹ӰԺ's University Hill area.
Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ and the city of Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.
BikeLife Â鶹ӰԺ looks at a partnership between Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ and GO Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.
