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Children and youth groups who worked with GUB in fall 2012

  • Boulder High School’s 10th Grade AVID class
  • New Vista High School’s Civic Class
  • Casey Middle School’s Leadership Class
  • Boulder Journey School’s Pre-Kindergarten Class
  • I Have a Dream Foundation’s Iris Class

Methods of engagement

  • Photogrids (photographing and analyzing the space by dividing it into sections on a map) 
  • City as Play (using ordinary objects on top of an aerial map to re-imagine the space)
  • Dialogues with city leaders and urban planners
  • Field trips to the civic area, Boulder History Museum and partner schools
  • Family interviews about great public spaces 
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Sketch-up and other renderings of the space
  • Citizen interviews
  • Drawing on top of civic area photos

Click on the links below to learn more about each groups' work.
Boulder High School
10th
Casey Middle School
New Vista High School
Boulder Journey School
Farmers' Market Photovoice
I Have a Dream Photovoice
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