The Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC) is pleased to announce its official enrollment in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, as a regional entity. This follows the Health Equity Partnership of North Central Massachusetts (CHNA-9) as the second regional collaborative to join the age-friendly movement this year.

OCPC is joined by one of its member districts, the Town of Kingston, as they are recognized as the 988^th community in the country to join the network. OCPC also supports age-friendly work in Easton and Duxbury. Other communities in their region like Brockton, Plymouth and Marshfield are also in the planning or implementation phases of their age-friendly efforts.

In Massachusetts, there are 134 recognized age-friendly communities. The regional collaborations, while counting as a single age-friendly commitment, cover more than 250 cities and towns.

OCPC has created a webpage for their “Livable Communities” work and joins the other age-friendly regions listed below:

• Age-Friendly Franklin County & North Quabbin (LifePath, Franklin Regional Council of Governments)
• Age Friendly Central Mass (Central Mass. Regional Planning Commission)
  
• Age- and Dementia Friendly Pioneer Valley (Pioneer Valley Planning Commission)
  
• Age & Dementia Friendly Connections – Cape Ann/North Shore (SeniorCare, Inc.)
  
• Age-Friendly North Central Mass (Health Equity Partnership of North Central Mass)
  
• Healthy Aging Cape Cod (Barnstable County)
  
• Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard (Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard)
  
• MetroCommon 2050 (Metropolitan Area Planning Council)
  
• Neponset River Region (Neponset River Regional Chamber of Commerce)