Dream, Play, Build
Book Launch, Lecture, Model Building Workshop
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On Monday, September 26 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Growing Up Boulder alongside the CU Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) and the Center for Community Engaged Design and Research (CEDaR) will host the Dream, Play, Build: Lecture and Workshop. Held in the Enviromental Design Building, Room 134 on CU Boulder Campus, James Rojas and John Kamp will launch their new Book, Dream, Play, Build (Island Press 2022) and celebrate the value of engaging dreams we have for our community. Come see how Rojas' and Kamp's approach, Place It!, effectively teases out community dreams and desires through hands-on activities. To register, click here.
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GUB 2021-2022 Impact Report
Check out Growing Up Boulder's 2021-2022 Impact Report today!
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Growing Up Boulder's 2021-2022 Impact Report is out now! Check out our annual Impact Report for insight into our projects and achievements over the past year. Thanks for a great year, Boulder community!
Growing Up Boulder Team 2022
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Healing: Part I
An all-ages event created by youth to honor our community’s losses and recovery from the Table Mesa (King Soopers) tragedy last March 2021
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On Saturday, April 2nd, Growing Up Boulder hosted a youth-led “healing” event - the Healing Day of Remembrance - to mark one year since the March 2021 Table Mesa tragedy at King Soopers (#boulderstrong). Organized by Boulder’s Youth Leadership Healing Committee (YLHC), the event offered opportunities for community members of all ages (including children) to heal from this tragedy through art, writing and community connection. From the Healing Day of Remembrance, GUB has created a free "Healing Toolkit" lesson for teachers and students; contact us for more information.
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Fall 2022 Project: Nature Connection, Hope, and Action
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GUB will work with numerous partners to operationalize (put into action) the concepts that GUB Co-Founder, Professor Emerita Louise Chawla, articulated in her article about nature connection, hope, and action. In collaboration with the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks Department, Classrooms for Climate Action, and Boulder Valley School Districts’s Columbine Elementary, GUB will build upon the successful integration of curriculum, outdoor learning and youth leadership & action (service learning + stewardship activities) learned from the 2021 Wood Brothers Project. Students will then have the opportunity to share their recommendations, either via the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit at CU on December 1-4, 2022 or by connecting in alternate ways with decision-makers.
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 Photo from OSMP Heatherwood Project
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Our MissionGrowing Up Boulder's mission is to offer young people opportunities to participate, deliberate, and influence local issues that affect their lives.
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Growing Up Boulder’s expertise and impact on child participation in urban planning continues
to inspire UNICEF USA. We are grateful to have their partnership in building a movement to
re-imagine cities fit for children and fit for all.”
- Danielle Goldberg,
Director of Advocacy and Engagement, Child-Friendly City Initiative (CFCI) Lead UNICEF USA
Placemaking Pioneers
In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
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