AARP Livable Communities Video Collection
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What Is a Livable Community?
A livable community is safe and secure, contains housing that’s affordable and appropriate, has transportation options, access to needed services, and opportunities for residents to participate in community life
Visit the 'House of Freedom'
Take a tour through a forward-thinking housing concept (dubbed a "model retirement home") that was imagined by AARP's founder more than six decades ago
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- AARP Freedom House
- Two Animated Videos Explain HomeFit Principles (scroll down to view)
- An Animated Tour Describes Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- Accessory Dwelling Units Resources, Including Videos
- Educating a Community in Georgia about ADUs
- Building an ADA-Compliant ADU in Santa Cruz
- Enabling Home Repairs for Households in Need
- Helping Residents Stay in their Philadelphia Homes
- Gil Penalosa, Founder, 8 80 Cities
- Mitch Silver, Commissioner, New York City Parks and Recreation
- John Robert Smith, Chairman, Transportation for America
- Andrew Howard, Cofounder/Director, Team Better Block
- Mark Fenton, Public health, planning and transportation consultant
- Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America
Related:
- Check out videos from the expert-led AARP Livable Communities Webinar series
- Find videos from AARP Livable Communities Workshops and Conferences
- Placemaking 101 with Andrew Howard
- The Magic of Murals
- Creating a Park for People of All Ages (Los Angeles, California)
- Providing a Place to Sit While Waiting for the Bus (Miami, Florida)
- Using Chess (and Checkers) to Reconnect a Community (Macon, Georgia)
- Providing a Path to Parks in Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Rethinking an Empty Parking Lot (Kuna, Idaho)
- Renovating a Residential Roadway (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)
- Musical Instruments Everyone Can Play (Avoca, Iowa)
- Connecting Neighbors to a Nearby Park (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- Helping Older Adults Get and Stay Fit (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Unrolling an Accessible Solution for Beachgoers (Saco, Maine)
- Installing Benches for an Age-Friendlier City (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Transforming a Flood Plain into a Dog Park (Gulfport, Mississippi
- 'Activating' Public Spaces with Murals and Sidewalks (Jackson, Mississippi)
- Reviving a Vacant Lot (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Furnishing a Waterfront Park (Manchester, New Hampshire)
- Creating a Community Space from a Vacant Place (Buffalo, New York)
- A Bus Stop Swing for People of All Ages (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Installing a Walk-Bike Trail (Bismarck, North Dakota)
- Turning Tennis Courts Into Pickleball Courts (Findlay, Ohio)
- Planting a Garden for Healthier Living (Anadarko, Oklahoma)
- Meet Us in the Alley! (Camden, South Carolina)
- Creating Colorful Crosswalks (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Placemaking by Engaging the Community (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Pop-Up Project: Bethel Better Block (Bethel, Vermont)
- 2018 AARP Livable Communities National Conference: "Placemaking and Public Spaces"
Related:
Check out videos from the 2019 AARP Placemaking Workshop:
- AARP Transportation Workshop
- Talking About the Future of Mobility
- An Accessible Solution for Saco, Maine
- Safe Sidewalks for Walking in Memphis
- Using 'Pop-Ups' to Improve Public Transit in St. Louis
- Mobility as a Service
- Offering More Ways for Older Adults to Get Around Sacramento
- Improving Driver and Pedestrian Safety in Fort Worth
- Installing a Walk-Bike Trail in Bismarck
- A Place to Sit While Waiting for a Bus in Miami
- Making it Fun to Wait for a Bus in Charlotte, NC
- Safer Streets, and Spots to Sit in Louisville
- Autonomous Passenger Shuttles Take Seniors Around Detroit
- Installing a Connected Bike Trail Around Town in the Virgin Islands
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