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  • Manufactured housing in a manufactured housing park.
    Through a generous commitment from the Colorado Health Foundation, our work with the Colorado Coalition of Manufactured Home Owners (CoCoMHO) is helping renters and owners of manufactured housing in Colorado play an active role in policy discussions regarding protections of Colorado’s more than 900 mobile home parks.
  • Mara Mintzer shows children from the Uni-Hill School the child-friendly map.
    In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, hear Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up Boulder, speak about the creation of the nation's first "child-friendly city map."
  • Speaker does a presentation at the Squeezed-Out conference
    More than 175 participants attended our 2019 Community Building Colorado-Style Conference, entitled, "Squeezed Out: Challenges of Diversity and Affordability in Colorado Communities," which brought together leaders from neighborhoods, towns, cities and the University of Colorado Boulder. The Oct. 25 conference focused on the challenges that Colorado communities face.
  • Alec Stolz
    Winners have been announced for the Urban Solutions Design Award, sponsored by the American Planning Association (APA) and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR).
  • View from back of manufactured housing conference.
    The third Fall Forum for Manufactured Home Owners, planned by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR) in partnership with other organizations, doubled its attendance over last year. About 90 people
  • Bee on a flower.
    About 175 people attended the fourth annual Colorado Pollinator Summit, “Protecting Colorado’s Biodiversity," which was planned by the Community Engagement, Design and Research center and others. The Nov. 1 event featured plenary talks and panels on urban neighborhoods, landscaping for biodiversity and holistic farming in Colorado.
  • Three photos showing a house engulfed by buildings, tall buildings in a city and the backs of a crowd of people walking in a city.
    Can you afford to purchase a home in Boulder?  Most people can't.  And many small businesses have been forced out by high rents. So have working families, students, university staff, immigrants and others.
  • The panel reacts during a funny moment in the Partnering in an Innovative Boulder
    ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers and faculty, and the city of Boulder discussed how innovative partnerships between university researchers and cities are critical to mitigating climate change during a panel at the national MetroLab Summit, held at the University of Colorado Boulder campus Thursday.
  • An environmental design students presents suggestions of possible ways to enhance downtown Longmont’s public areas to attract more people to the city’s central business district and get those people to spend more time there.
    The city of Boulder and a group from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· led by the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR), are hosting the MetroLab Summit, a high-profile conference focused on city-university partnerships and urban innovation.
  • Michael Szuberla and Sara Tabatabaie
    In partnership with the city of Boulder, 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.

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