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AARP LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

Livability Library Archive

Learn about livability with these subject-based collections from AARP Livable Communities

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AARP.org/Livable contains articles, reports, action plans, studies, publications, photo albums and more about housing, transportation, public spaces and community engagement, to name just a few areas of interest. Find content lists and links by subject (below).

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Livability Topics

Next-Door Neighbors, Front Porches, Livable Communities

AARP Age-Friendly Network

AARP Community Challenge

AARP Community Challenge

Illustration of 15 types of bicycles

Mayor Ian Balutrus and members of the Mayor's Book Club in Burlington, North Carolina

Community Engagement

6 images showing students working on durable medical equipment repair projects

Community Health/Wellness

AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit

Community Resilience

U.S. Census Bureau Chart

Data, Surveys and Statistics

Five archival images of highway construction and children who lived in the impacted communities

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

10 Tips To Help Businesses Engage With Kupuna

Economic Efforts

A poster in a Millinocket, Maine, restaurant window advertising high-speed internet

High-Speed Internet Access

Six illustrations from motel postcards

Man looking at a lake

Inspiring Examples

Livable Lessons Instructors

Livable Lessons

Illustrated, aerial view of a townscape

Local Solutions

An alleyway transformation in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

An illustration of the Cut Bank City Bark Park site plan, a dog at a fire hydrant, and a woman poses with pine tree plants

Public and Outdoor Spaces

Scene of a farm field and farm house

Rural Livability

Providence Mount St Vincent Assisted Living, Seattle, Elderly Woman Shakes Hands And Talks To Two Young Children, Indoors, Room, Livable Communities, Build Bonds Across Generations

Social Participation

An example of a Complete Street

Webinar: The Benefits of Walkable Streets for All Ages

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