Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Mass Broadband Institute, Citizens Institute for Rural Design, MassDOT, Mass Councils on Aging

by James Fuccione | Feb 3, 2021 | News and Updates

The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following funding opportunities. Mass Broadband Institute: Community Hotspot – rolling deadline Massachusetts Technology Collaborative...

AARP Creates ‘Training Video’ Tutorials for Age-Friendly Community Efforts

by James Fuccione | Feb 3, 2021 | News and Updates

The AARP Livable Communities team has created video tutorials with guidance for  communities seeking to become age-friendly. The six-video series is meant to help stakeholders understand the basics of “age-friendly,” but to also help cities, towns and...

AARP Adds New Resources on ADU Policies and Inclusive Zoning

by James Fuccione | Jan 27, 2021 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

The AARP Livable Communities team, which builds resources to support age-friendly community efforts, has released a pair of resources to promote local policy improvements that can help older adults age in community and make public spaces more inclusive. Enabling...

Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Dementia Friendly Mass./MCOA, Mass Cultural Council

by James Fuccione | Jan 27, 2021 | News and Updates

The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following funding opportunities. Mass. Councils on Aging FY21 SIG Grants: Outreach Grants: Dementia Friendly Massachusetts – Outreach to the...

8-80 Cities Releases ‘Winter Cities Toolkit’ to Create Inclusive Public Spaces

by James Fuccione | Jan 27, 2021 | News and Updates

With the Shared Winter Streets and Spaces grant opportunity from MassDOT still in play, another resource has emerged to help communities create inclusive public spaces during the winter months. 8-80 Cities, an organization dedicated to creating equitable communities...