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FEB 4, 2025
Finding an affordable place to live in Vermont can be challenging, but thanks to an innovative partnership between the State of Vermont and the Vermont State Housing Authority (VSHA), more Vermonters now have access to high-quality, energy-efficient housing. Through an Executive Order from Governor Phil Scott, a new program is providing brand-new, high-efficiency mobile homes at a discounted price to households earning below 140% of the Area Median Income (AMI).
JAN 29, 2025
Winterlude is a winter celebration that offers outdoor activities for ALL ages! Activities include: snowshoeing, sledding, cross-country skiing, nature walks, music, a fire pit, hot beverages, and refreshments. The event is FREE and is held at Schmanska Park (85 Grove Street, Burlington, Vermont) where the Barn and park are illuminated with decorative lighting and lanterns.
JAN 16, 2025
AARP Vermont announces their 2025 legislative priorities
JAN 8, 2025
Applications are currently being accepted through March 5, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT
AARP Vermont will offer three virtual technology classes about streaming services and smartphones.
Complete Streets are streets designed for all modes of transportation, allowing people of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, use public transit and drive. It is an approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enables safe access for all people who need to use them, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders (Smart Growth America).
Winter Placemaking Projects Promote Livability for All Ages
Sophie Quest, of Burlington, has received AARP’s top volunteer award, the Andrus Award for Community Service.
Four AARP state offices in northern New England are partnering this month to co-sponsor the online program Living Histories: New England LGBTQ+ Voices from the Outwords Archive, hosted by the Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS) via Zoom on Friday, October 28 at noon Eastern. The event is free but registration is required.
The Vermont Retired Educators Association is seeking retired teachers and other school staff as new members.
A Sept. 22 walking tour of Burlington's South End will spotlight "Missing Middle Housing" examples and explore ways to encourage this form of residential development.
In 2020 AARP purchased and installed an outdoor fitness park in Burlington's New North End, and we are finally able to gather there to use it! Join us for an intro of the FitLot to show you how to use each station. Refreshments will be served!
Older Vermonters will now get a break on the skyrocketing costs of Rx drugs -- thanks in part to extensive AARP campaigns pressing Congress to address the issue. Read a letter from our CEO outlining the success.
AARP Vermont is teaming with the Vermont Lake Monsters to offer movie nights at the ballpark! From mid-August through September, we will host four family-friendly movie nights under the stars at Centennial Field.
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