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- In partnership with the city of 91¸£ÀûÉç, CEDaR investigators are analyzing residents’ baseline knowledge of the Emerald Ash Borer and proposing ways to address the infestation through environmental education efforts, as well as public-private partnerships.
- Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita, Mara Mintzer, Growing Up 91¸£ÀûÉç program director, and Victoria Derr, authors of "Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," received the 2019 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Achievement Award for their publication at EDRA’s 50th anniversary conference. The book has received endorsements from many of the most respected child/youth environmental researchers, practitioners and advocates.
- Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that expands regulatory protections for residents across the state’s roughly 900 mobile home parks.
- 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 91¸£ÀûÉç.
- Working with about 700 91¸£ÀûÉç elementary students and two 91¸£ÀûÉç environmental design seniors, Growing Up 91¸£ÀûÉç has created a new, child-friendly map of the city.
- Kids in 91¸£ÀûÉç will now be able to navigate around town thanks to the first ever child-friendly map, a map made for kids, by kids.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç environmental design students will present their ideas for enhancing the designs of downtown Longmont’s breezeways, alleys and plazas during a community meeting on Wednesday.
- Hear 91¸£ÀûÉç environmental design students present their design ideas for alleys, breezeways and plazas that can help increase the activity and vitality of Longmont's Main Street.
- A Colorado MetroLab project, the Green Infrastructure Decision Tool, has won MetroLab Network's March 2019 "Innovation of the Month" award, given to outstanding projects nationwide that involve local government and university partners.
- Celebrate Growing Up 91¸£ÀûÉç's 10th anniversary and the launch of the nation's first child-friendly map.