Livable Communities

AARP is teaming up with civic leaders and groups to make Fort Worth an even better place to live, work and play for people of all ages.

All across Texas, we're looking at things a little differently. We're looking at sidewalks and parks and bus routes. We're asking people what else we should look at. This is part of our focus on helping the biggest cities in Texas join AARP's Network Age-Friendly Communities. Once they join, the work is just starting. Then we talk to locals and neighbors across the great cities, asking them what they want out of their city. We take this information and help the leaders put a plan together to make it happen.

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.

Just northeast of downtown Fort Worth, in a neighborhood of artists, professionals and working class residents, a cadre of AARP volunteers are collaborating with community leaders and residents to transform Six Points Urban Village in the Riverside District into a vibrant, walkable place.