Livability Wins!
Award-winning resources from AARP Livable Communities are helping neighborhoods, towns, cities and counties nationwide become great places for people of all ages
ClearMark Awards
- Winner, Best "Multimedia, Short Content" (2017)
dotCOMM Awards
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2021)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2018)
Excel Awards (Association Media & Publishing)
- Silver, General Excellence, Newsletter (Digital) (2020)
- Silver Award: General Excellence, e-Newsletter (2019)
Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Association/Nonprofit Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Finalist, Association/Nonprofit Newsletter (2019)
Hermes Creative Awards
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2021)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2018)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2017)
MarCom Awards
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2018)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2017)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2016)
- Platinum Winner, e-Newsletter (2015)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2014)
MIN Editorial & Design Awards
- Honorable Mention, Editorial/E-Letter (2017)
- Finalist, Best e-Newsletter (2016)
- Winner, Best E-Newsletter (tied with Architectural Digest) (2014)
Discovering and Developing Missing Middle Housing (published 2022)
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Platinum Award, Special Issue Category
AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit (published 2022)
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Gold Award, Special Issue Category
- 2022 dotCOMM Awards, Gold Award, How-To-Guide Category
AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit (published 2022)
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Honorable Mention, Special Issue Category
- 2022 Folio: Eddies and Ozzie Awards, Winner, Supplemental, Annual of One-Shot Publication
- 2022 dotCOMM Awards, Gold Award, How-To-Guide Category
- 2022 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, One-of-a-Kind Publications/Print
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Winner, Special Issue
Enabling Better Places: A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods (published 2021)
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Winner, Special Issue
- 2021 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Finalist
AARP HomeFit Guide (published 2020)
- 2022 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, One-of-a-Kind Publications/Print
- 2021 dotCOMM Awards, Gold Award, Website Element/Landing Page
- 2021 EXCEL Awards, Gold Winner, Special Report
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold Winner, Special Issue
- 2021 ClearMark Awards, Center for Plain Language, Finalist
- 2020 MarCom Awards, Platinum Award, Publications/Special Edition
AARP Guía HomeFit (published 2020)
- 2021 ClearMark Awards, Center for Plain Language, Winner, Spanish Language
AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities Booklet (published 2019)
- 2020 Hermes Creative Award, Honorable Mention
- 2019 MarCom Awards, Print/Brochure/Nonprofit
AARP Rural Livability Workshop Report (published 2020)
- 2020 MarCom Awards, Platinum Award, Publications/Special Edition
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Winner, Special Issue
The Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit (published 2019)
- 2020 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Honorable Mention, Association/Nonprofit Supplemental, Annual or One-Shot
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold Winner, Special Issue
The ABCs of ADUs (published 2019)
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Award Winner, Special Issue
- 2020 Association Media and Publishing EXCEL Awards, Bronze, Special Report (Print)
- 2019 MarCom, Gold Award, Publications/Special Edition
- 2019 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Winner, Association/Nonprofit Supplemental, Annual or One-Shot
Making Room: Housing for a Changing America (published 2019)
- 2019 MarCom Awards, Platinum Award, Publications/Special Edition
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, One-of-a-Kind Publications/Print
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold Winner/Print Media/Publications/Special Issue
Where We Live (Book 3) (published 2018)
- 2019 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Finalist, Association/Nonprofit Supplemental, Annual or One-Shot
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Winner, Print Media/Publications/Special Issue
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Gold Winner, Special Edition
Creating Parks and Public Spaces for People of All Ages (published 2018)
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, One-of-a-Kind Publications/Green
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold Winner/Print Media/Publications/Handbook
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Honorable Mention, Special Edition
AARP Roadmap to Livability Collection (published 2018)
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, One-of-a-Kind Publications/Education & Training
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Platinum Winner, Publications/Guide
- 2018 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Winner, Publications/Handbook
Engaging the Community to Create Community (published 2018)
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold Winner/Print Media/Publications/Special Issue
Where We Live (Book 2) (published 2017)
- 2017 MIN Editorial & Design Awards, Winner, Custom Publication
- 2017 MarCom Awards, Gold Award, Book category
- 2017 MarCom Awards, Gold Award, Special Edition category
Where We Live (Book 1) (published 2016)
- 2016 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Winner, Social Change category
AARP HomeFit Guide (published 2015 ) No longer available
- 2016 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Winner, Before-and-After Long Document
- 2015 MarCom Awards, Gold Winner, Handbook category
AARP Imagining Livability Design Collection (published 2015)
- 2016 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Finalist, Best Original Long Document
- 2015 MarCom Awards, Platinum Winner, Handbook category
AARP Livability Fact Sheets (published 2015)
- 2015 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Winner, Best Original Document, Nonprofit category
ClearMark Awards
- Finalist/Award of Distinction, Best Before & After Award (2015)
- Finalist/Award of Distinction, Best Website (2015)
Folio: Eddies and Ozzie Awards
- Finalist, Series of Articles (2022) "Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs"
Hermes Creative Awards
- Gold, Writing (2022) "Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs"
- Gold, Association Website (2021)
- Honorable Mention, Association Website (2020)
dotCOMM Awards
- Platinum Award, “Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs,” Website Content (2022)
- Gold Award, Microsite (2022)
- Honorable Mention, Home Page (2022)
- Gold Award, A-Z Topics Archive, Website Element/Landing Page (2021)
- Gold Award, Microsite (2019)
MarCom Awards
- Platinum Winner, Microsite (2022)
- Gold Winner, Microsite (2018)
- Honorable Mention, Home Page (2017)
- Platinum Winner, informational website (2016)
- Gold Winner, Website Association Home Page (2015)
- Honorable Mention, Landing Page (A-Z Archives) (2015)
- Gold Winner, Website Home Page (2014)
- Gold Winner, Microsite (2014)
- Gold Winner, Association Website (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Website Design (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Landing Page (A-Z Archives) (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Slideshow, "Dangerously Incomplete Streets" (2014)
MIN Editorial & Design Awards
- Finalist, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2016)
- Finalist, Best Microsite (2015)
- Finalist, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2015)
- Winner, Best Slideshow, "Dangerously Incomplete Streets" (2014)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2014)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Microsite/Continuous Content (2014)
MIN Best of the Web & Digital Awards
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Microsite (2015)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Navigation & Structure (2015)
Updated October 2022
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