https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/why-boulder-designed-a-city-map-aimed-at-kids
More than a decade later, Mintzer has created her dream map—and it’s not just for adults. As program director of Growing Up Boulder, an initiative housed at the University of Colorado that works with kids to include their input in urban planning, Mintzer produced what she believes is the nation’s first child-friendly city map designed specifically with and for kids up to the age of 10.
Growing Up Boulder collaborated with more than 30 organizations and 700 children, caregivers, and teachers to complete the map, which points users to such spaces as nature trails, libraries, dog parks, museums, and even a goat dairy. The text is in both English and Spanish, but small icons also allow children who don’t read yet—or don’t yet read well—to navigate the city.