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Florida scores highly as an age-friendly state, but now it has a new metric to distinguish itself: public-health friendly.
An AARP study finds that 77 percent of Americans 50 and older want to age in place, and home became central to people’s lives during the pandemic. Meanwhile, the average age of the population is rising and affordable housing can be hard to find.
South Salt Lake has a new way for residents to boost their physical and mental health without joining a gym: the AARP-sponsored outdoor fitness park, organized by FitLot in Bickley Park, next to the Columbus Senior Center.
As part of its Livable Communities initiative, AARP Missouri is helping to update a Metro Link light rail stations in the region—adding seasonal plantings, shade canopies and other improvements. Additional livability projects include an exercise park and a push for expanded high-speed internet.
Hyattsville is one of six Maryland localities so far that have joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
AARP Nevada sponsors City of Henderson's Bark in the Park on March 5.
The 16 counties represented by the Commission join over 600 other communities across the nation that have committed to preparing for an aging population.
Applications are currently being accepted through March 22, 2022, 5:00 p.m. ET.
Applications are currently being accepted through March 22, 2022, 5:00 p.m. ET.
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