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Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Director, Mara Mintzer's, TEDx talk will be featured on TED's main platform launching Nov. 7. Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is a CEDaR program.

"Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," which was released Sept. 17 by New Village Press, was written by three women with strong ties to CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Community, Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR).

Sidewalk Labs looks at how North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations to keep families. This includes ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado, where Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's University Hill area.

Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and the city of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.

BikeLife ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ looks at a partnership between Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and GO ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ that gives teens a voice in shaping transportation improvements in the East Arapahoe corridor.

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 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.