NEWS

AARP Shares Age-Friendly Learnings from their Rural Lab

Apr 19, 2023

Launched in 2019, AARP Rural Lab reaches more than 225 communities in 36 states — from small towns with 139 residents to regions of nearly 200,000 residents — that are invited by AARP state offices to participate. In their latest newsletter, the AARP Rural Lab is beginning to share learnings from the communities in this network so other small and rural towns can replicate their age-friendly successes.

Participants meet monthly to share information and ideas that rural and remote communities can use to kickstart innovative solutions to local challenges.

The featured solutions include the following: