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Livability Library: Rural Livability

Videos, articles, slideshows, presentations and more

INFORMATION AND INSIGHTS

What Is a Rural Community? (2020)

What Is a Frontier Community? (2020)

Focusing on Rural Livability (2019)

Q&A: LaMonte Guillory of the LOR Foundation (2019)

AARP Rural Livability Workshop (2019)

AARP Survey: Rural Livability (2019)

LOCAL EFFORTS

Places for Gathering in Manchester, New Hampshire; Danforth, Maine; and Bristol and Sterling, Colorado (2026)

Economic Empowerment in Correy. Pennsyvania; Lake Placid, Florida; and North Dakota (2026)

Traffic Calming in Bowdoinham, Maine; Mount Airy, North Carolina; and Burke, South Dakota (2026)

Improving Housing Options in Milnor, North Dakota; Saco, Maine; and Walla-Walla Valley, Washington and Oregon (2026)

Disaster Resilience in South Portland, Maine; Allegany County, New York; and Shaktoolik, Alaska (2026)

Increasing Housing Options in Lemmon, South Dakota; Bangor, Maine; Anchorage, Alaska; and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (2024)

Supporting Inclusion and Social Connections in Grand Island, Nebraska; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and Shawano, Wisconsin (2024)

Solutions for Rural Communities in North Dakota; Millinocket, Maine; and Cuba City, Wisconsin (2023)

Solutions for Rural Communities in Maine, North Dakota and Wisconsin (2023)

Two Harbors, Minnesota, Takes to the Airwaves (2019)

Providing Rides Along Rural Roadways (2019)

Teaching Teens to Sew in Augusta, Maine (2018)

A Golden Solution for Slippery Sidewalks (2018)

Storm Drains That Send a Message (2017)

Unexpected Murals Enliven a Downtown (2017)

Why Facebook Users Really Like the Bangor Police Department (2017)

Maine Towns Share Solutions for Seniors and Sleepy Students (2017)

Eastport Wants and Welcomes Teleworkers (2017)

An Intergenerational Garden in Newport, Vermont (2015)

HIGH-SPEED INTERNET (AND THE LACK THEREOF)

Strengthening Digital Equity in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Maine (2024)

Enabling Age-Friendly Connections in Mount Washington Valley, New Hampshire (2022)

How Grayson County, Virginia, is Getting Connected (2021)

Sullivan, Maine, Crosses the Digital Divide (2021)

Many Rural Communities Still Can’t Connect to the Internet (2020)

Rural Communities Are Making Their Own Connections (2020)

Rural Libraries (and Parking Lots) Are Hot Spots (2020)

VIDEOS

Video: Providing Rides in Rural Areas (2021)

AARP Rural Livability Workshop (2019)

Rural Public Transportation: Small Places, Big Impacts with John Robert Smith (2019)

Age-Friendly by Design in Rural Communities with Mark Fenton (2019)

Planting a Garden in Anadarko, Oklahoma (2019)

An Accessible Solution for Saco, Maine (2018)