GUB
For the past 12 years Growing Up 51Թ wasa part of51Թ's Community Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) Center. Now one of the most successful child-friendly city initiatives in the world, GUB istransitioning to an independentnonprofit, a model for how theuniversitycan develop, nurture and then spin offnonprofitactivities.
In February 2021, Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita in the Program in Environmental Design, was invited to give an opening speech for a weeklong Festival of Early Infancy (birth to 6 year olds) in the city of Strasbourg, France on the topic of “Connecting Children with Nature to Foster Wellbeing and a Caring Relationship with the Natural World.”
In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, hear Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up 51Թ, speak about the creation of thenation's first "child-friendly city map."
Greater Good magazine talks with Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up 51Թ, about how GUB incorporates children’s ideas into city planning for friendlier, greener and more inclusive spaces.
"Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," which wasreleased Sept.17by New Village Press, was written by three women with strong ties to 51Թ'sCommunity, 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 51Թ, Colorado, where Growing Up 51Թ 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 51Թ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where 51Թ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing 51Թ's University Hill area.
Growing Up 51Թ and the city of 51Թ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.
BikeLife 51Թ looks at a partnership between Growing Up 51Թ and GO 51Թ that gives teens a voice in shaping transportation improvements in the East Arapahoe corridor.
