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Growing Up Boulder is a “child- and youth-friendly city initiative” that is a program of 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 are to:
1. Give all GUB partners a voice in setting the direction of GUB projects.
2. Make Boulder a more inclusive place for children and youth of all income levels, ethnicities and abilities.
3. Ensure meaningful opportunities for young people’s participation in Boulder decision-making.
4. Disseminate lessons learned from GUB to the community (Boulder-at-large, youth, academics, GUB partners, other child-friendly city communities).
Growing Up Boulder's goals are to:
1. Give all GUB partners a voice in setting the direction of GUB projects.
2. Make Boulder a more inclusive place for children and youth of all income levels, ethnicities and abilities.
3. Ensure meaningful opportunities for young people’s participation in Boulder decision-making.
4. Disseminate lessons learned from GUB to the community (Boulder-at-large, youth, academics, GUB partners, other child-friendly city communities).
Boulder's City Manager affirms importance of young people's voice in the City
June/July 2017 City Newsletter
Grand Opening of Pedestrian Bridge in Civic Area
Boulder's Youth Tackle ResilienceGrowing Up Boulder, Inside the Greenhouse and EcoArts Connections have worked on various projects with Boulder's youth to help understand what resilience means to them. If you are interested in seeing the outcomes of the projects or interested in doing this in your own community, you can find all the information you need here (below).
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Boulder's Civic Area, at the heart of downtown, is currently being renovated and is under construction. The graphic below represents how input from 200+ Growing Up Boulder children and youth contributed to its redesign. For more information about the children's contributions, click here.
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New Growing Up Boulder Publications and Reports
CU Boulder Today ArticleA news article about a Growing Up Boulder project where Whittier Elementary School English Language Learners provided input to the local HOP bus route has been published in a CU Boulder Today article. Also see the accompanying GUB report.
Presentation by Growing Up Boulder Coordinator, Mara Mintzer, at the RMLUIMara Mintzer spoke as a panelist at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute on March 16, 2017 in a session entitled, "Becoming Community Minded & Culturally Creative: Better Designs & Developments for All."
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Alpine-Balsam Ecodistrict ReportRead about GUB's year long project where middle and high school students shared recommendations for the City's Alpine-Balsam/Boulder Community Hospital redevelopment site.
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Growing Up Boulder is a partnership between the University of Colorado's Community Engagement Research and Design Center (CEDaR),
Boulder Valley School District, and City of Boulder.
Boulder Valley School District, and City of Boulder.
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