Stats About Streets, City Parks, and the 65+
May 22, 2019
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Community Builders
Created in partnership with Cities of Service, a nonprofit organization that’s helping mayors and citizens work together to solve critical problems, our award-winning publication
Engaging the Community to Create Community
shows how local leaders and residents are teaming up to build more vibrant cities, towns and neighborhoods for people of all ages.
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Why Love is a Key to a Prosperous City
As president of the National League of Cities, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Indiana, is encouraging local leaders to “engender love between residents and the communities where they live.” (P.S. She’s among the several featured mayors in the community engagement guide above.)
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The Best Complete Streets
— Complete Streets can be used by all roadway users, whether they’re drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians and/or transit riders. See a complete list of the best Complete Streets policies passed last year.
Source:
National Complete Streets Coalition
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The ‘ParkScores’ of Big Cities
— Great parks help create great cities. See the newly-released park system rankings for the nation’s 100 largest cities.
Source:
The Trust for Public Lands
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The Age-65+ Population
— May is Older Americans Month. In its honor, the U.S. Census Bureau has gathered a collection of stats and facts.
Source:
Census.gov
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More from AARP Livable Communities:
Listen and Learn
— Local leaders and community advocates can learn how to improve both by using the
AARP Roadmap to Livability Community Listening Session Tool Kit
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The next issue of the AARP Livable Communities e-Newsletter will be published on Wednesday, June 5.
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