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GUB team members, past and present, have contributed to the books, book chapters, and journal articles below. 
​Please note that this is not a complete selection.

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​​Britannica for Parents: "Are cities built for me?"

In this Raising Curious Learners episode, Mara Mintzer, the co-founder and director of Growing Up Boulder, author, speaker, and mother, explains why listening and uplifting the voices of our young people allows "play" to be used as a powerful strategy in the city planning process.   In this episode, listeners learn how our built environments can learn from children. 

Learning Unboxed: Empowering the voices of Children with Mara Mintzer

In this Learning Unboxed episode, Mara Mintzer from Growing Up Boulder, explains GUB's youth-friendly city initiative: a program designed to integrate the voices of young people in local government decisions, such as public spaces, transit, and housing.  In this episode, listeners learn how including children - especially those from underrepresented communities - provides new insight into city and social planning. 

Urban Jungle: The Young Co-Create Urban Spaces

In this Urban Jungle episode, Mara Mintzer, Executive Director of Growing Up Boulder, discusses the history and importance of Growing Up Boulder's - a child-friendly city initiative - mission and vision. In this episode, listeners learn how and why involving young people's voices in public policies, programs, and decisions can make a community-wide impact.  

ICMA Voices in Local Government: How Kids Can Design Better Cities

In this epsidoe of ICMA Voices in Local Government, Mara Mintzer, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Growing Up Boulder, and Sarah Huntley, Director of Communication and Engagement, City of Boulder Colorado shed light on how ideas from children and youth can help local government officials and city planners design better cities for all.  In this episode, listeners will learn why including youth voices is integral to community development, how Growing Up Boulder actively integrates young people's ideas, and example projects that were effectively implemented, including transportation planning and healing in response to a mass-shooting.

Engaging Youth in Planning with Mara Mintzer

Mara Mintzer joins the Go Cultivate! podcast to discuss how important children and their ideas are for not only city planning but the very way our communities operate.  In this episode, Mara shows exactly how to include young people in important community decisions and why this is an innovative way to approach planning. 

Interviews 

Conversación ANIDAR - ARQA

Voyage Denver Daily Inspiration: Meet Mara Mintzer

Greater Good Magazine: What Happens When Kids Help Design Our Cities

Community Foundation Boulder County: Child- and Youth-Friendly Initiatiave Inspires Municipal Leaders, Educators, and Community Advocates

Colorado Municipalities: Growing Up Boulder (Page 22)

ICMA: Boulder's Plan to Become a Child- and Youth Friendly City 

Dunedin 2040

​After learning about Growing Up Boulder through an internet search, Iain Cook-Bonney, from Dunedin, New Zealand contacted GUB Program Director, Mara Mintzer in regards to his city's project:  Dunedin 2040.  Cook-Bonney runs a cluster of nine schools that focus on STEAM learning, Project Based Learning and Digital Collaboration. This year, they are undertaking a joint project called 'Dunedin 2040' in which students tackle  issues facing the city over the next 20 years.  After watching Mintzer's TEDx talk and per Cook-Bonney's request, Mintzer engaged in an hour-long Q & A session with several hundred Dunedin students, ages 5-13, about how they could contribute to their city's future.  In addition, Mintzer updated the children on new projects and updates to the Boulder Civic Area since her 2017 TEDx talk.  Watch the interview to learn more!

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For examples of Growing Up Boulder's profound impact on our community, we invite you to check out these news articles.
*Growing Up Boulder (GUB) is Boulder's child-friendly city initiative. A formal partnership between the City of Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, and the University of Colorado, GUB became a nonprofit in spring 2021 under the fiscal sponsorship of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC). Since 2009, GUB has worked with over 7,500 children and youth on more than 100 projects.

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