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About the maps
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In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map. We did so with almost 800 children and families, half of whom were from underrepresented populations. In May 2019, GUB published the first edition of the printed, bilingual, free map. In October 2019, we published the second edition of the printed map.
In September 2019, GUB published a digital version of the child-friendly city map. The digital child-friendly city map features even more locations than the printed map, and it offers child-friendly walking routes, biking routes, transit links, and child-created interactive map games. Finally, in December 2019, GUB published a digital teen-friendly city map (targeting ages 11-18); this map was created by a team of University of Colorado Masters of the Environment students as their capstone project, under GUB's supervision. The Masters students worked with more than 400 teens to co-create the map. |
An image of Boulder's 18"x24" child-friendly city map.
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Growing Up Boulder's Child- and Teen-Friendly City Maps seek to educate and inspire children, families, and community organizations through the creation of maps co-created with young people and their families to highlight their favorite locations in Boulder. They promote the values of inclusion, diversity, community engagement, collaboration, and celebration. By working with young people and their caregivers at their schools, homes, libraries, and out-of-school programs, we aim to reach a wide cross-section of Boulder's population. To learn more about the map-making process, visit this page.
Where to find the printed maps
Free printed maps are now available at locations such at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Visitors' Center on the Pearl Street Mall, Chautauqua, recreation centers, Gateway Fun Center and more.
Where to find the printed maps
Free printed maps are now available at locations such at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Visitors' Center on the Pearl Street Mall, Chautauqua, recreation centers, Gateway Fun Center and more.
How to support the maps
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Growing Up Boulder is funded by the City of Boulder, the University of Colorado Office of Outreach and Engagement, and the University of Colorado Program in Environmental Design. Growing Up Boulder is a program of the CEDaR (Community Engagement, Design, and Research) Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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