11th Street Corridor, Hill Redevelopment Project
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In Fall of 2017, Cheryl Spear’s fourth-grade class, from Flatirons elementary, participated in the Hill Redevelopment Project. The students developed creative ideas to make the 11th Street Corridor a fun and safer place for all ages. Improving the 11th Street Corridor will help connect the Hill community to the newly renovated Civic Center at the base of 11th street and Arapahoe. During this eight-week process, students completed a site analysis, researched precedents, and presented their final designs for 11th St. to city experts. Now that students have shared their ideas, experts working on the Hill Redevelopment project will have a better understanding of how to make Boulder a more youth-friendly city.
The children saw the 11th Street corridor as a space with great potential for improvement. Students developed projects based on their personal interests, while also negotiating a shared vision with classmates. Common themes in student proposals include:
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