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GUB Director Mara Mintzer presented to the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative, which supports schools and districts nationwide to develop outdoor spaces as cost-effective tools for keeping schools open during a pandemic.
Early-childhood experts often like to say that a child’s environment is one of their most important teachers. But what can our built environments learn from children? In this "Raising Curious Learners" episode of "Britannica for Parents," Mara Mintzer, co-founder and director of Growing Up 51´«Ã½, discusses the importance of involving young people in the city planning process.
In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, hear Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up 51´«Ã½, speak about the creation of theÌýnation's first "child-friendly city map."
KGNU has a live conversation about a new, first in the nation, printed child-friendly city map that’s helping kids learn how to navigate their way around 51´«Ã½.
Working with about 700 51´«Ã½ elementary students and two University of Colorado 51´«Ã½ environmental design seniors, Growing Up 51´«Ã½ has created a new, child-friendly map of the city.
Kids in 51´«Ã½ will now be able to navigate around town thanks to the first ever child-friendly map, a map made for kids, by kids.
Celebrate Growing Up 51´«Ã½'s 10th anniversary and the launch of the nation's first child-friendly map.
Sidewalk Labs looks at how North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations to keep families. This includes 51´«Ã½, Colorado, where Growing Up 51´«Ã½ asks kids themselves what they want, and the city incorporates its tiniest residents' ideas into transportation and other municipal plans.
Colorado MetroLab, a partnership between CU 51´«Ã½ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU 51´«Ã½ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing 51´«Ã½'s University Hill area.
Second-grade English language learners from Whittier Elementary saw their suggestions for upgrading the HOP bus implemented, their input made possible through the CEDaR program Growing Up 51´«Ã½ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.