Livability Wins!
Award-winning resources from AARP Livable Communities are helping neighborhoods, towns, cities and counties nationwide become great places for people of all ages
AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit (published 2023)
- 2023 MarCom Awards, Gold
Creating Community Gardens for People of All Ages (published 2023)
- 2023 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Finalist
- 2023 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
- 2023 MarCom Awards, Gold
- 2023 dotCOMM Awards, Gold
- 2023 APEX Award of Excellence
Discovering and Developing Missing Middle Housing (published 2022)
- 2023 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
- 2023 dotCOMM Awards, Platinum
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Platinum
AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit (published 2022)
- 2023 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Finalist
- 2023 APEX Grand Award
- 2023 Hermes Creative Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Gold
- 2022 dotCOMM Awards, Gold
AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit (published 2022)
- 2022 MarCom Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2022 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Winner, Supplemental/One-Shot Publication
- 2022 dotCOMM Awards, Gold
- 2022 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
Enabling Better Places: A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods (published 2021)
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
- 2021 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Finalist
AARP HomeFit Guide (published 2020)
- 2022 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
- 2021 dotCOMM Awards, Gold
- 2021 EXCEL Awards, Gold
- 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
- 2021 ClearMark Awards, Center for Plain Language, Finalist
- 2020 MarCom Awards, Platinum
AARP Guía HomeFit (published 2020)
- 2021 ClearMark Awards, Center for Plain Language, Winner, Spanish Language
AARP Rural Livability Workshop Report (published 2020)
- 2020 MarCom Awards, Platinum
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
The Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit (published 2019)
- 2020 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
The ABCs of ADUs (published 2019)
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
- 2020 Association Media and Publishing EXCEL Awards, Bronze
- 2019 MarCom, Gold
- 2019 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Winner
Making Room: Housing for a Changing America (published 2019)
- 2019 MarCom Awards, Platinum
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities Booklet (published 2019) No longer available
- 2020 Hermes Creative Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2019 MarCom Awards, Gold
Where We Live (Book 3) (published 2018)
- 2019 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards, Finalist
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Gold
Creating Parks and Public Spaces for People of All Ages (published 2018, updated 2022)
- 2023 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
- 2023 dotCOMM Awards, Gold
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Honorable Mention
AARP Roadmap to Livability Collection (published 2018)
- 2019 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
- 2018 MarCom Awards, Platinum
- 2018 Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum
Engaging the Community to Create Community (published 2018)
- 2019 Hermes Creative Awards, Gold
Where We Live (Book 2) (published 2017)
- 2017 MIN Editorial & Design Awards, Winner
- 2017 MarCom Awards, Gold
Where We Live (Book 1) (published 2016)
- 2016 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver
AARP HomeFit Guide (published 2015 ) No longer available
- 2016 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Winner, Before-and-After Long Document
- 2015 MarCom Awards, Gold
AARP Imagining Livability Design Collection (published 2015)
- 2016 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Finalist, Best Original Long Document
- 2015 MarCom Awards, Platinum
AARP Livability Fact Sheets (published 2015)
- 2015 ClearMark Awards from the Center for Plain Language, Winner, Best Original Document, Nonprofit category
dotCOMM Awards
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2023)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2021)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2018)
Excel Awards (Association Media & Publishing)
- Silver, General Excellence, Newsletter (Digital) (2020)
- Silver Award: General Excellence, e-Newsletter (2019)
Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Association/Nonprofit Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Finalist, Association/Nonprofit Newsletter (2019)
Hermes Creative Awards
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2023)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2021)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2018)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2017)
MarCom Awards
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2023)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2022)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2020)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2019)
- Gold, e-Newsletter (2018)
- Honorable Mention, e-Newsletter (2017)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2016)
- Platinum Winner, e-Newsletter (2015)
- Gold Winner, e-Newsletter (2014)
ClearMark Awards
- Winner, Best "Multimedia, Short Content" (2017)
MIN Editorial & Design Awards
- Honorable Mention, Editorial/E-Letter (2017)
- Finalist, Best e-Newsletter (2016)
- Winner, Best E-Newsletter (tied with Architectural Digest) (2014)
Anthem Awards
- Gold, "Before the Highway" (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Book, Story or Feature, Awareness & Media Categories, 2024)
- Gold, "Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs," Gold (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Book, Story or Feature, Awareness & Media Categories, 2024)
- Gold, AARP Community Challenge (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Community Outreach, Community Engagement Categories, 2024)
- Silver, AARP Community Challenge (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Local Community Engagement, Community Engagement Categories, 2024)
ClearMark Awards
- Finalist/Award of Distinction, Best Before and After Award (2015)
- Finalist/Award of Distinction, Best Website (2015)
Folio: Eddies and Ozzie Awards
- Finalist, Association Website (2023)
- Finalist, Series of Articles (2022) "Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs"
Hermes Creative Awards
- Platinum Award, (2023) "Before the Highway"
- Gold Award, Writing (2022) "Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs"
- Gold Award, Association Website (2021)
- Honorable Mention, Association Website (2020)
dotCOMM Awards
- Gold Award, Microsite (2023)
- Platinum Award, Website Content (2022), “Parents Are Creating Communities for Their Grown Children Who Have Special Needs”
- Gold Award, Microsite (2022)
- Honorable Mention, Home Page (2022)
- Gold Award, Website Element/Landing Page, A-Z Archive (2021)
- Gold Award, Microsite (2019)
MarCom Awards
- Platinum Winner, Microsite (2023)
- Honorable Mention, Writing (2023) "Before the Highway"
- Platinum Winner, Microsite (2022)
- Gold Winner, Microsite (2018)
- Honorable Mention, Home Page (2017)
- Platinum Winner, informational website (2016)
- Gold Winner, Website Association Home Page (2015)
- Honorable Mention, Landing Page (A-Z Archives) (2015)
- Gold Winner, Website Home Page (2014)
- Gold Winner, Microsite (2014)
- Gold Winner, Association Website (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Website Design (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Landing Page (A-Z Archives) (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Slideshow, "Dangerously Incomplete Streets" (2014)
MIN Editorial & Design Awards
- Finalist, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2016)
- Finalist, Best Microsite (2015)
- Finalist, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2015)
- Winner, Best Slideshow, "Dangerously Incomplete Streets" (2014)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Packaging of Archived Content (2014)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Microsite/Continuous Content (2014)
MIN Best of the Web & Digital Awards
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Microsite (2015)
- Finalist/Honorable Mention, Best Navigation & Structure (2015)
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