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September 8, 2021

Livable Communities Newsletter | AARP.org/Livable

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2021 AARP Livable Communities Workshop: Engaging Older Adults

Communities with engaged older residents are more livable for people of all ages. This free, two-day, online event will showcase effective strategies, initiatives and programs that engage older adults and solve pressing community problems.

Go for a (Virtual) Bike Ride in Amish Country

Join the Amish Country Bike Tour: Virtual Edition, sponsored by AARP Delaware, and complete a 16‑, 25‑, 50‑, 62‑ or 100‑mile ride. Register for free using the code AARP1002021 and cycle from anywhere (even on a stationary bike). Plus: Watch AARP Delaware’s Get Back on a Bike video series featuring the expertise of Bike Delaware.

START PEDALING!

Livability News & Notes

Deadly Crashes on Rural Roads Prompt New Safety Efforts — Nearly half of the more than 36,000 traffic fatalities in the U.S. each year occur on rural roads. Source: Stateline ►

Community Refrigerators Help Prevent Hunger — Food-packed fridges in the "Freedge" network help provide direct support. Source: YES! Magazine ►

8 Ingredients for Creating Needed Housing — To respond to housing shortages, in 2019 Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots — and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes and cottage clusters on more than half of the lots in those areas. Source: Sightline Institute ►

FIND HELP

AARP Foundation's Local Assistance Directory has information about food, housing, health and employment programs in communities nationwide. Source: AARP Foundation ►

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