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For the past 12 years Growing Up С����Ƶ was��a part of��CU С����Ƶ's ��Community Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) Center. Now one of the most successful child-friendly city initiatives in the world, GUB is��transitioning to an independent��nonprofit, a model for how the��university��can develop, nurture and then spin off��nonprofit��activities.

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 С����Ƶ, speak about the creation of the��nation's first "child-friendly city map."

Greater Good magazine talks with Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up С����Ƶ, 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 was��released Sept.��17��by New Village Press, was written by three women with strong ties to CU С����Ƶ'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 С����Ƶ, Colorado, where Growing Up С����Ƶ 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 С����Ƶ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU С����Ƶ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing С����Ƶ's University Hill area.

Growing Up С����Ƶ and the city of С����Ƶ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.

BikeLife С����Ƶ looks at a partnership between Growing Up С����Ƶ and GO С����Ƶ that gives teens a voice in shaping transportation improvements in the East Arapahoe corridor.