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Interviews with Livability Experts and Leaders

We talk to policy makers, planners, politicians, experts and others who are working to create livable communities for people of all ages

Livable Communities Interview Series

Rena Bradley, Jonathan Pacheco Bell, Andy Toy

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Réna Bradley (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Jonathan Pacheco Bell (Los Angeles) and Andy Toy (Philadelphia) provide a coast-to-coast look at how local efforts to invest in "placekeeping" and welcome new residents improves neighborhoods for people of all ages, backgrounds and income levels.

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More conversations with livability experts can be found via pages for the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, AARP Livable Communities Workshops and Conferences, Livable Lessons and AARP International's Equity by Design: Global Dialogue and Equity by Design: Principles in Action series.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING

PLANNING AND ZONING

PUBLIC PLACES, OUTDOOR SPACES

PUBLIC HEALTH

TRANSPORTATION


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