Livable Communities

AARP has been working at the local level to improve pedestrian safety, expand affordable housing and make neighborhoods more livable.

Now, more than ever, we need innovative housing solutions to meet the needs for today’s families – and tomorrow's. The high cost and lack of available new living space presents today’s families with unique housing challenges. There’s a solution we’re all familiar with and homeowners have called them carriage houses or mother-in-law suites for decades. But, today they have a new name: Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs.

A proposal by Shawano Pathways to create two new walking trails in Shawano County has been selected to receive an AARP Wisconsin “Small Dollar, Big Impact” grant.

AARP Wisconsin’s Small Dollar, Big Impact Grant supports the first public art project on the far west side of Milwaukee, Visual Vibes on Villard.

Four organizations in three Wisconsin cities have received 2020 AARP Community Challenge grants for improvement projects to benefit residents of all ages.

Vliet Street Oasis and Villard District Mural Project will be supported by the SDBI grant.

Deadline to apply for next round of Small Dollar, Big Impact grants is July 20

By Joanne Cleaver

AARP empowers people to choose how they live as they age. In La Crosse, local volunteers and AARP Wisconsin staff collaborate to bring this idea to life.

Home is where the heart is, and well-designed, livable communities promote health, sustain growth, and make for happier, healthier residents of every age, in all life stages. AARP Wisconsin is working to raise awareness in the greater La Crosse area about the need for age-friendly, livable communities.