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Q&As with Livability Experts

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

AARP Livable Communities

5 Questions for ... Interview Series

Livability advocate Gil Penalosa rides a bicycle in Toronto

Livability expert Gil Penalosa — Photo by Nancy Paiva

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

LaMonte Guillory, LOR Foundation

Patricia Sears, Northeast Kingdom/Newport Vermont

HOUSING

Richard Duncan, Executive Director, Better Living by Design

Daniel Parolek, Architect, about Missing Middle Housing

Sarah Susanka, Architect, The Not-So-Big House

PLANNING AND ZONING

Parris Glendening, Smart Growth America

Carol Rhea, President, American Planning Association

Joel Russell, Form-Based Code Institute

Mildred Warner, Professor, Cornell University

PUBLIC PLACES, OUTDOOR SPACES

Gil Penalosa, Founder, 8 80 Cities

Mitchell Silver, Commissioner, NYC Parks and Recreation

PUBLIC HEALTH

Rose Gowen, MD, Commissioner, Brownsville, Texas

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SOCIAL PARTICIPATION

Pat Rumbaugh, Let's Play America

TRANSPORTATION

Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Katherine Freund, ITN America

Billy Hattaway, Florida Transportation Secretary

Leah Shahum, Vision Zero Network

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