Can You Name the 8 Domains of Livability?
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| Turning 'Brownfields' Into 'Healthfields' — Polluted or contaminated lands are being cleaned up and redeveloped into parks and open spaces, community clinics, urban farms and other uses that promote health. Source: Center for Creative Land Recycling ► |
| Education Spending Per Student By State — Quality schools help make a community livable. School system funding can be part of the equation. The national average spent on public education per student: $12,612. The state that spends the most: New York. The least: Utah. Source: Governing ► |
| Voila! Very Few Vehicles — Paris' famed Champs-Élysées, originally designed as a grand boulevard for strolling, is now a polluted, noisy, eight-lane roadway. The city's mayor says a planned redesign will turn the mile-long street into a walkable, "extraordinary garden." Source: Fast Company ► |
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| We’re getting ready to launch the 2021 AARP Community Challenge, a quick-action grant program for local places. The news will be announced in an upcoming edition of this newsletter, as well as through AARP Livable Communities' Twitter and Facebook feeds. |
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