Tag: aarp

Ready for the Geezer Glut? Then think beyond “aging in place”

Ben Brown
Ben Brown October 10, 2012
Among the Big Issues awaiting communities after we shake off the post-recession blues is what to do about demography. Particularly the part about America’s aging population. The first-borns among the 76-million-strong Baby Boomer generation reached 65 in 2011. And over the next three decades, the geezer slice of the... Continue Reading
Category Community Development, Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags aarp, aging in place, Arthur C. Nelson, Baby Boomers, Ben Brown, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Metropolitan Research Center
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Atlanta, AARP, DPZ Attack Challenges of Aging in Place

Ben Brown
Ben Brown February 2, 2009
The New Urbanist mantra for neighborhood planning is to go for compact, connected, and complete. Well, one critical component of completeness, that of making communities comfortable - and practical - for residents of all ages, has been sort of assumed by NU planners. Yet it's taken an effort by the nation's primary advocacy... Continue Reading
Category Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags aarp, aging, aging in place, arc, atlanta, atlanta regional commission, housing market, livable communities, new urbanism, smart growth
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