AARP Livable Communities Newsletter

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The AARP Livable Communities Newsletter made its debut in 2013. Links to issues from 2020 to present can be found below.

Newsletters By Year Open All 2025 A Pop-Up Inspires Two Project Grants (May 21)Local Solutions for Community Wellness and Age-Friendly Housing (May 14)Two Local Solutions to Improve Bus

Service and Slow Down Speeders (May 7)Three Interactive Tools for You to Use (Apr. 30)Bicycles for Adults of All Ages and Abilities (Apr. 23)The AARP Home & Community Preferences Survey Says

... (Apr. 16)It's (Spring) Time for Community Gardens (Apr. 9)Meeting the Needs of Older Adults and Their Caregivers (Mar. 26)A Housing Option That Benefits People With (and Without)

Disabilities (Mar. 19)6 Ways AARP Grants Have Helped Address Food Insecurity (Mar. 12)Today's the Last Day to Apply for an AARP Community Challenge Grant (Mar. 5)Bicycing Webinar Today!

(Feb. 26)Learn About Our Capacity-Building Microgrants (Feb. 19)2 Free Housing Guides and 2 Housing Videos (Feb. 12)New Videos: Helping People Get Where They Need and Want to Go (Feb. 5)One

Week Until the AARP Community Challenge Webinar (Jan. 22)Two Grant Opportunities From AARP (Jan. 15)The 2025 AARP Community Challenge Is On! (Jan. 8) 2024 Getting From Here to There (Dec.

11)A Telehealth Booth Provides Access to Medical Care and More (Dec. 4)Designing for People of All Ages (Nov. 20)Free Guides About Housing, Veterans Benefits and More (Nov. 13)Answer a

Survey About ADUs (Oct. 30)The Livability Categories, Explained (Oct. 10)Learn How to Design for All Ages (Oct. 2)1 Month Until 'Designing for People of All Ages' (Sept. 18)Resources for

Community Resilience (Sept. 4)Register for "Designing for People of All Ages" (Aug. 28)Save the Date: 2024 AARP Livable Communities (Free, Online) Workshop (Aug. 14)Join a Free Documentary

Screening of "Unhoused: The Graying Homeless of America" (July 17)New, Free Publications About 'Missing Middle Housing' and 'Complete Streets' (July 10)Announcing the 2024 AARP Community

Challenge Grantees (June 26)Livability Efforts That Remember the Past and Celebrate Love (June 19)Checking in with the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities (June 5)Free Guide:

Connecting Veterans and Military Families With Home Modification (May 22)An Illustrated Look at 15 Different Bicycle Types (May 8)Census Data Predicted and Confirms That America is an Aging

Nation (May 1)Mapping Age-Friendly Efforts Nationwide (Apr. 17)Spring Has Sprung! Time for Community Gardening! (Apr. 10)Livability Efforts in Rural and Remote Places (Mar. 27)Looking for

Inspiring Livability Projects? Check the Map (Mar. 13)AARP Community Challenge Applications Are Due Today! (Mar. 6)The AARP Community Challenge Deadline is One-Week from Today! (Feb.

28)Grant Funding and the (Free!) AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit (Feb. 21)Grants for Disaster Resilience and Digital Connections (Feb. 14)AARP Community Challenge Project Videos  (Feb. 7)Join

Today's AARP Community Challenge Q&A Webinar (Jan. 31)Grants for Disaster Resilience and Digital Connections (Jan. 24)Register for the 2024 AARP Community Challenge Q&A Webinar (Jan. 17)The

2024 AARP Community Challenge Is On! (Jan. 10) 2023 New Livable Lessons Video Series: Winter Placemaking (Nov. 15)Check the Livability Score of Where You Live — or Want to Live (Nov. 1) AARP

Economic Development Workshop Videos Are Now Online (Oct. 18)Free New Publication: AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit (Oct. 11)AARP Livable Communities Economic Development Workshop (Sep. 27)Turning

Transit Stops Into Community Spaces (Sep. 20)2 Weeks Until the AARP Livable Communities Workshop (Sep. 13)Closing the Digital Divide for Older Adults (Aug. 23) ADUs, Tiny Houses, Downsizing

and More (Aug. 16)How the HOME Act Is Opening the Door to More Housing (Aug. 9) The Impact of Disasters on Older Adults (Aug. 2)Register Today: (Free!) AARP Economic Development Workshop 

(Jul. 26)Reader Ideas for Age-Friendly Homes and Communities (Jul. 19)Only About 10 Percent of U.S. Homes Are 'Aging-Ready' (Jul. 12)Announcing the 2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantees! 

(Jun. 28)Decoding and Improving Zoning Codes (Jun. 14)Coming Soon: A Free Walkability Webinar (Jun. 7)Fare-Free and Low-Cost “Age-Friendly” Transportation Options (May 24)Parks for People

and Pups of All Ages (May 17)Local Solutions and Community Resilience (May 10)Repairing and Distributing Free Wheelchairs, Walkers and More (May 3)Lessons from the AARP Rural Lab (Apr. 19)2

Downloadable Handouts from AARP Livable Communities (Apr. 12)A Reader Sent Us a Housing Idea. (You Can, Too!) (Apr. 5)2 Free Guides (and a Video) About Missing Middle Housing (Mar. 29)The

AARP Community Challenge Deadline is Today! (Mar. 15)The AARP Community Challenge Deadline is Next Week! (Mar. 8)Helping People and Places Become More Resilient (Mar. 1)Pursuing Solutions

for Communities Ravaged by Roadways (Feb. 22)AARP Community Challenge Webinar — and Community Gardens guide (Feb. 8)Older Residents Recall Life "Before the Highway" (Feb. 1)New, Free

Community Gardening Guide (Jan. 25)The 2023 AARP Community Challenge Is On! (Jan. 18) 2022 700+ Age-Friendly Communities — and Counting! (Dec. 14)See Photos of Walkability Solutions (Dec.

7)ADU Homes for the Holidays (Nov. 30)Age-Friendly Network Training Videos (Nov. 16)Get the Free AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit (Nov. 2)Trick or Treat, Walk Audit Your Street! (Oct. 26)4

Free, Photo-Filled Publications About Housing Solutions (Oct. 19)Watch (or Rewatch) Our Housing Workshop (Oct. 12)Creating 'Age-Friendly' Businesses (Oct. 5)It's Workshop Day! Plus: Get Our

Free Publication About Missing Middle Housing (Sep. 21)One week until the free, online AARP Livable Housing Workshop (Sep. 14)Register for the free, online AARP Livable Housing Workshop

(Sep. 7)Register for the free, online AARP Livable Housing Workshop (Aug. 17)Resources for Broadening Broadband (Aug. 10)Free Publications About Parks and Public Spaces (Aug. 3)Join Us

Online In September (Jul. 27)Register for the AARP Livable Communities Housing Workshop (Jul. 20)Free! AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit (Jul. 13)Announcing the 2022 AARP Commun

ity Challenge Grantees! (Jun. 29)Free Walk Audit Tool Kits in English and Spanish (Jun. 16)Free Aging-Positive Photos (Jun. 8)Age-Friendly Profiles of Louisville, Kentucky, and Salem,

Massachusetts (Jun. 1)Making Connections and Finding Places to 'Go' (May 18)Register for a Webinar with AARP, the FCC and NLC (May 11)Using Cookies (Actual Cookies) to Raise Awareness About

ADUs (May 4)New, Free Fact Sheets About High-Speed Internet Equity (Apr. 27)Check Out the Updated AARP Livability Index (Apr. 20)Equipping, Training and Connecting Older Adults for Getting

Online (Apr.6)Spring Has Sprung — As Has Our "Winter Weather" Walkability Worksheet (Mar. 23)Apply to the AARP Community Challenge by March 22, 5 pm ET (Mar. 16) Now Online: Video of the

AARP Community Challenge Q&A Webinar (Mar. 9)AARP Community Challenge Photo Albums: Murals and Community Gardens (Mar. 2)AARP Community Challenge Photo Albums: Public Seating and Activities

for All Ages! (Feb. 23)Webinar Tomorrow: AARP Community Challenge Q&A (Feb. 16)New! AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit (Feb. 9)More About the AARP Community Challenge (Feb. 2)The 2022 AARP Community

Challenge Is On! (Jan. 25) 2021 Nearly 600 Communities — and Counting! (Dec. 15)Lessons from Livability Leaders (Dec. 8)Free! Get the Updated Edition of 'The ABC of ADUs' (Dec. 1)How to

Create a Grandparents Park (Nov. 10) Parents are Creating Housing for Adult Children With Special Needs (Nov. 3)Free: AARP HomeFit Guide Worksheets (Oct. 27)How Reduced Parking Requirements

Can Create More Housing (Oct. 20)Available Now! Videos and more from our ‘Engaging Older Adults’ Workshop (Oct. 13)Free Publication for Local Leaders About Using the ARPA (Oct. 6)3 Free

Guides About Parks and Public Places (Sep. 29)Join Us Online at 1 pm (ET) (Sep.22)The 2021 Livable Communities Workshop Is a Week Away  (Sep. 15)Register for the free AARP Community

Engagement Workshop (Sep. 8)Test What You Know About Livability (Aug. 25)Register for the free 2021 AARP Livable Communities Workshop (Aug. 18)New! An American Rescue Plan Guide for Local

Leaders (Aug. 11)2021 AARP Community Challenge Winning Grantees (July 28)Find What You Need From A to Z (July 21)Housing, Universal Design and Visitability (July 14)Livable Lesson Video:

Incremental Zoning Code Reform (July 7)Free Download About What Makes a Community Livable (June 23)How Equitable Development Can Create Better Places for All (June 16)What is a Livable

Community? (June 9)How a Rural County and Small Town Secured High-Speed Internet (June 2)Get Our Free, Award-Winning Publication — About Zoning! (May 19)Small Homes That Come in Many Shapes

and Sizes (May 12) May Is a Milestone Birthday for Bicycling (May 5)Solutions from 7 Age-Friendly Communities (Apr. 28)How to Use AARP.org/Livable (Apr. 21)Free Publication for Smart Cycling

(Apr. 14)Livable Lesson Video with Gil Penalosa (Apr. 7)See the Design Differences Between a Safe and Dangerous Street (Mar. 31)Livable Lesson Videos: Supporting Downtowns During and Af

ter COVID-19 (Mar. 24)Why California Created a Master Plan for Aging (Mar. 17)Learn What the AARP Community Challenge Has Achieved (Mar. 10)Free AARP + Project for Public Spaces Webinar:

March 9 (Mar. 3)Placemaking During a Pandemic (Feb. 24)AARP is Accepting Grant Applications (Feb. 17)Age-Friendly Communities and Equity (Feb. 10)Now Showing: Age-Friendly Network "Training"

Videos (Feb. 3)Free Publication: A Model for Enabling Better Places (Jan. 27)No newsletter on Jan. 20Free Webinar: Bicycling and Older Adults (Jan. 13)  Register for Two Housing Webinars

(Jan. 6) 2020 No newsletter on Dec. 30No newsletter on Dec. 23492 Age-Friendly Communities — And Counting (Dec. 16)How Local Leaders Can Help People Social Distance Outdoors in Winter (Dec.

9)Free Guides and More About ADUs (Dec. 2)No newsletter on Nov. 25Local Lessons From Livability Leaders (Nov. 18)A Past and Future Vision for Aging in Place (Nov. 11)No newsletter on Nov.

4What Does Safe Transportation for the 50+ Look Like Now? (Oct. 28)Age-Friendly Actions and Impacts (Oct. 21)Meet the Livable Communities 'Corps' Team (Oct. 14)The Livable Library is Open!

(Oct. 7)Videos from the AARP Livable Transportation Workshop (Sept. 30)The United States is an Aging Nation (Sept. 23)Join Us Online Today and Tomorrow (Sept. 15)Get the Free, All New AARP

HomeFit Guide (Sept. 9)No newsletter on Sept. 2No newsletter on Aug. 26Announcing the 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantees (Aug. 20)Register for the AARP Livable Communities Transportation

Workshop (Aug. 12)'StrEateries' Are Spreading (Aug. 5)Join the Discussion 7/30: Commercial Districts and COVID-19 (July 29)Speak Up About Cycling (July 22)See the Housing That’s Gone

Missing (July 15)New, Free: Walk Audit Worksheets (July 8)No newsletter on July 15 Watch-Whenever Webinars (June 24)Livability, Mobility and Equity (June 17)How to Help a Community in Crisis

(June 11)No newsletter on June 3How Communities Are Protecting Older Adults From COVID-19 (May 27)No newsletter on May 20The 8 Domains of Livability and COVID-19 (May 13)Hold On to Your

'Why' (May 6)Making Cities and Spaces Work for People (Apr. 29)Why High-Speed Internet is Slow to Connect Rural America (Apr. 22)Walking Provides Self-Care and Connections During the

Pandemic (Apr. 15)Getting Counted in the Census and Making Connections (Apr. 8)New (Free!) Publication: AARP Rural Livability Workshop Report (Apr. 1)Extended to May 15: AARP Community

Challenge Deadline (Mar. 25)Join a Live Coronavirus Tele-Town Hall: March 19, 1 pm (ET) (Mar. 18)Grants for Good Projects (Apply by April 1) (Mar. 11)See If You'll Be Where We'll Be (Mar.

4)Preorder the AARP Rural Livability Report (Feb. 26)Now Showing: Quick Videos About "Quick-Action" Community Projects (Feb. 19)Get a Free Guide. Apply for a Grant (Feb. 12)The 2020 AARP

Community Challenge is On! (Feb. 5)Why People 50+ Are Good for the Economy (Jan. 29)Wanted: Service-Minded "Public Allies" for the Livable Communities Corps (Jan. 22)