Livable Communities

With people staying healthy and active longer, communities have to adapt. There’ll be need for more safe, walkable streets, better housing and transportation options, and opportunities for civic engagement. The AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities gives cities guidance on how to reach their goals in becoming great places for people of all ages.

AARP Texas recently hosted an online conversation with Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America.

AARP Texas is teaming up with residents of the Linwood neighborhood of Fort Worth, the City of Fort Worth, and others to create a “Better Block” demonstration project.

Complete Streets benefit walkers, bikers, wheelchair users, public transportation patrons, and drivers.

Six Texas organizations will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants. Five are in Houston and one in Dallas.

AARP Texas is proud to announce and welcome Melodía Gutiérrez to the Association’s Dallas-Fort Worth team. Gutiérrez, an AARP associate state director of outreach and advocacy, is leading AARP’s work in Fort Worth and surrounding areas.

Texas will receive more than $3.3 billion in federal money – the most of any state – to help expand access to high-speed internet.

Community Challenge grantees will work to make their communities great places to live for people of all ages.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler drew a smidgeon of laughter from a crowd of about 120 Central Texas AARP members when he told them that not everyone needs to give up their cars and ride city buses in HOV lanes. Rather, he said, just enough motorists should do so to speed up the lane he likes to drive.

Get the details straight from our state's Elections Administrator in this interview by AARP Texas State Director Tina Tran.