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The city of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and a group from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø led by the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR), are hosting the MetroLab Summit, a high-profile conference focused on city-university partnerships and urban innovation.

In partnership with the city of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, CEDaR investigators are analyzing residents’ baseline knowledge of the Emerald Ash Borer and proposing ways to address the infestation through environmental education efforts, as well as public-private partnerships.

Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita, Mara Mintzer, Growing Up 51³Ô¹ÏÍø program director, and Victoria Derr, authors of "Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," received the 2019 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Achievement Award for their publication at EDRA’s 50th anniversary conference. The book has received endorsements from many of the most respected child/youth environmental researchers, practitioners and advocates.

Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that expands regulatory protections for residents across the state’s roughly 900 mobile home parks.

KGNU has a live conversation about a new, first in the nation, printed child-friendly city map that’s helping kids learn how to navigate their way around 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Working with about 700 51³Ô¹ÏÍø elementary students and two 51³Ô¹ÏÍø environmental design seniors, Growing Up 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has created a new, child-friendly map of the city.

Kids in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will now be able to navigate around town thanks to the first ever child-friendly map, a map made for kids, by kids.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø environmental design students will present their ideas for enhancing the designs of downtown Longmont’s breezeways, alleys and plazas during a community meeting on Wednesday.

Hear 51³Ô¹ÏÍø environmental design students present their design ideas for alleys, breezeways and plazas that can help increase the activity and vitality of Longmont's Main Street.

A Colorado MetroLab project, the Green Infrastructure Decision Tool, has won MetroLab Network's March 2019 "Innovation of the Month" award, given to outstanding projects nationwide that involve local government and university partners.