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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 CU ������ý����'s Community, Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR).

The second annual Community Building Colorado-Style conference offers opportunities to develop new partnerships between the university, and Colorado cities and communities.

Marufjon (Maruf) Mirakhmatov restores furniture from the ������ý���� Dushanbe Teahouse on Aug. 20, 2018, as part of a restoration project that will also involve restoring the inside and outside of the Teahouse. Mirakhmatov is co-

“Parking lots could save the bees,” says Danielle Bilot, a nationally-known pollinator consultant who is passionate about the idea. She has spoken about it in magazine articles. She has promoted her research in TEDx and a newly-released TED talk.

This spring more than 40 CU ������ý���� students and faculty sought solutions to preserve ������ý����’s Ponderosa Mobile Home Park as it transitions to a more resilient model of affordable housing. The diverse 68-unit community has a long history of

Colorado MetroLab, a partnership between CU ������ý���� and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU ������ý���� environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing ������ý����'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 ������ý���� (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).

The ������ý���� and the city of ������ý���� together have joined the MetroLab Network, a nationwide collection of 35 city-university partnerships focused on bringing data, analytics and innovation to local government.