Tom Sundro Lewis points to his home

Remodeled residence 'perfect' for owner of manufactured home

April 16, 2021

In 2005 a trailer slated for the dump was transported to Mapleton Mobile Home Park in Boulder and renovated there. Built by more than 50 CU Boulder students, the Trailer Wrap project held lessons for future project-based learning, including a CEDaR-led manufactured home renovation planned for this summer or fall, depending on the state of the pandemic.

GUB Director Mara Mintzer listens to third grader share her ideas.

CEDaR's Growing Up Boulder program spins off as a nonprofit

March 11, 2021

For the past 12 years Growing Up Boulder was a part of CU Boulder's  Community Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) Center. Now one of the most successful child-friendly city initiatives in the world, GUB is transitioning to an independent nonprofit, a model for how the university can develop, nurture and then spin off nonprofit activities.

People with masks on organizing food at a food bank.

CEDaR food bank project helps with logistical issues during pandemic

March 5, 2021

In this collaboration between the city of Denver and the university, the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR) and the Denver Department of Health & Environment are jointly tackling how to best manage information and activities among dozens of small and large Denver food banks during times of increased demand.

Bee on a flower.

CEDaR helps plan popular Pollinator Summit

Nov. 15, 2019

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.

CEDaR conference tackles challenges of city diversity and affordability

Oct. 22, 2019

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. Gentrification. It's been happening across the country and especially in Colorado. Affluent people and businesses move in,...

Governor Polis signs a bill surrounded by mobile home activists celebrating

CEDaR-partner organization helped motivate bill protecting mobile homeowners' rights

May 23, 2019

Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that expands regulatory protections for residents across the state’s roughly 900 mobile home parks.

University of Colorado Boulder environmental design junior Josef Nelson, left, shares his ideas about the Sixth Avenue Plaza with Christ Church International Pastor Matthew Spencer on Wednesday.

Times-Call features CU Boulder students suggestions for downtown Longmont enhancements

May 16, 2019

Art, kid-friendly features among ideas to breathe life into breezeways, alleys, plazas

A student stands in front of her poster and explains her project to an event attendee.

KGNU interviews Scot VanGenderen about CEDaR's Longmont project

May 7, 2019

Woman walking through a breezeway connecting the parking lot to Main Street Longmont

CEDaR project for enhancing downtown Longmont featured in Times-Call

April 26, 2019

CU Boulder students to present ideas for enhancing downtown Longmont

Artistic breezeway in Longmont

ENVD students to present ideas for enhancing downtown Longmont

April 4, 2019

Hear CU Boulder 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.

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