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Now you can make a tax-deductible donation to Growing Up Boulder and help ensure that young people have a voice in their cities!

Growing Up Boulder is a “child- and youth-friendly city initiative” that is a program at the University of Colorado, Boulder's  Community Design and Engagement Center (CEDaR).  It began in the spring of 2009 as a partnership between the University of Colorado, the City of Boulder, the Boulder Valley School District, former State Senator Dorothy Rupert, local non-profits and businesses, and children and youth from ages 0-18.  Child- and youth-friendly cities are locales in which children’s rights are reflected in local policies, laws, programs and budgets.  These cities work to realize children’s rights as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our vision is to make Boulder an exemplary child- and youth-friendly city.  We accomplish this through many diverse partnerships and supporters.

​Growing Up Boulder's Goals:
1.  Ensure meaningful opportunities for young people’s participation in Boulder decision-making.
2.  Make Boulder a more inclusive place for children and youth of all income levels, ethnicities
​and abilities.
3.  Give all GUB partners a voice in setting the direction of GUB projects.
4.  Disseminate lessons learned from GUB to the community
(Boulder-at-large, youth, academics, ​GUB partners, other child-friendly city communities).

TEDxMileHigh

Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up Boulder, spoke at the 2017 TEDxMileHigh event on Growing Up Boulder's youth-friendly city initiative.

Growing Up Boulder Happenings

Whittier Students Present to City Council

​On March 30th students from Whittier Elementary presented their class project to the Boulder City Council. In partnership with Growing Up Boulder, the students learned about Universal Access Design (UAD) playgrounds and made recommendations to the city for any future playground installations. Read the full report on the project here. 

Transportation Research Board  - HOP Award

Growing up Boulder has been selected as a runner-up for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Public Involvement Award. During the 2016-17 school year, GUB worked with Whittier International Elementary School 2nd grade English Language Learners and the City of Boulder’s GO Boulder program to make the HOP bus route more child-friendly.  Boulder transportation planner, Natalie Stiffler, will present this award-winning collaboration at the TRB’s annual conference in January 2018 in Washington, DC. Check out the project page and the award here. 
To stay up to date on all our latest work and events, follow us on Instagram: growing_up_boulder or Facebook: Growing Up Boulder
Growing Up Boulder is a partnership between the University of Colorado's Community Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR),
​Boulder Valley School District, and City of Boulder.

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