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5th Annual AARP Livable Communities National Conference

The conference's Greater Dallas field trip destinations included a visit to the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and Trinity Groves area, where attendees encountered a youth mariachi band.

The 2017 AARP Livable Communities National Conference was an opportunity for elected officials, planning professionals, local leaders and community advocates from throughout the nation to share ideas, best practices and solutions for making towns, cities and communities more livable for people of all ages.

Livable Communities: What Good is a UD Home if You Can’t Leave the House?

streetscape with separate lanes for bikes and cars

As Amy Levner, AARP’s manager of education on livable communities, explains, “Universally Designed houses and livable communities must be  connected. Universally designed houses enhance mobility and quality of life inside the home and livable communities do the same thing outside of the home.” Livable communities coordinate housing, transportation and land use in order to help […]