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"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 Boulder's Community, Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR).
Growing Up Boulder and the city of Boulder, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.
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 Boulder (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.
Professors Emeriti in CEDaR, Louise Chawla and Willem van Vliet, co-authored a chapter on “Children’s Rights to Child-friendly Cities," which was published in the latest edition of the Handbook of Children’s Rights (Routledge, 2017).