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Growing Up ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Director, Mara Mintzer's, TEDx talk will be featured on TED's main platform launching Nov. 7. Growing Up ÐßÐßÊÓƵ 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 ÐßÐßÊÓƵ'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 ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, Colorado, where Growing Up ÐßÐßÊÓƵ 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 ÐßÐßÊÓƵ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's University Hill area.

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

BikeLife ÐßÐßÊÓƵ looks at a partnership between Growing Up ÐßÐßÊÓƵ and GO ÐßÐßÊÓƵ 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 ÐßÐßÊÓƵ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.