Family Friendly Cities
Promoting cities that are well designed for people of all ages!
Action Areas
+ Urban Ag Support Services
Getting food and jobs closer to where people live is a priority.
This includes aquaculture,
aquaponics, hydroponics, aeroponics, controlled environment, and indoor ag
many of which support circular economies.
Similar to real estate or housing developers, we need urban ag developers. We are
not big enough to fund developments yet, but do offer services such as the following
to help facilitate urban ag projects.
Example Services: "siting", zoning, 2&3D visualizations, equipment/site layout, ...
more info
+ Young Ideas: Introduction to Architecture and Design Competition
Our youth are integral to our city and society, but rarely asked for their
input for designing cities.
Our youth engagement includes teaching an Introduction to Architecture and SketchUp
classes and our marquee event, the Denver Metro City Design Competition. The
classes help the students to learn SketchUp and to see if a career in architecture
may interest them.
2015 Competition
2014 Winners
Arch Classes
+ Architecture Services
Jenny is a licensed architect and LEED AP. She listens closely to the client and
likes to include sustainability in eye catching, but affordable designs.
more info
+ City Scorecard
The city scorecard uses data from the internet to quickly evaluate a city's
family friendliness. Data is collected for 36 topics within 12 categories.
The scorecard can help cities to recognize strengths and to
prioritize areas of improvement.
Overview
Rankings for 50 largest U.S. Cities
Rankings for Colorado Cities
+ Life Diagrams: Intergenerational Communication
The family is the key building block for a sustainable city.
The Life Diagram is a great tool to promote intergenerational communication
and to help build strong families. Parents can learn more about their young kids
and kids/grown adults can learn more about their parents and grandparents.
more info
