Livable Communities Video Archive
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AARP Community Challenge
About Livable Communities
Getting Around
- 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
Housing
Livability Experts
- 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
Related:
- Check out videos from the expert-led AARP Livable Communities Webinar series
- Find videos from AARP Livable Communities Workshops and Conferences
Placemaking
- The Magic of Murals
- Pop-Up Project: Bethel Better Block (Bethel, Vermont)
- Meet Us in the Alley! (Camden, South Carolina)
- Providing a Place to Sit While Waiting for the Bus (Miami, Florida)
- Providing a Path to Parks in Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Musical Instruments Everyone Can Play (Avoca, Iowa)
- Reviving a Vacant Lot (Omaha, Nebraska)
- A Bus Stop Swing for People of All Ages (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Creating Colorful Crosswalks (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Using Chess (and Checkers) to Reconnect a Community (Macon, Georgia)
- Turning Tennis Courts Into Pickleball Courts (Findlay, Ohio)
- Furnishing a Waterfront Park (Manchester, New Hampshire)
- Placemaking by Engaging the Community (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Creating a Community Space from a Vacant Place (Buffalo, New York)
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