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2025-2026 Webinar Archives

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AARP 2026 Webinar Archives

January 2026- Age-Friendly Survey Learnings & 2026 AARP Community Challenge Launch

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AARP 2025 Webinar Archives

December 2025 – Going Digital: How Age-Friendly Communities Are Adopting Tools for Impact

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November 2025 – Innovations from the Network and a Tool for Every Community

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October 2025 – Real-World Housing Solutions from Age-Friendly Communities

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September 2025 – Tools for the Journey: Resources to Support Your Age-Friendly Work

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July 2025 – Addressing Transportation Challenges in Age-Friendly Communities

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June 2025 – Beyond Words: Developing Age-Inclusive Communication for All Audiences

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May 2025 – Building Intergenerational Programs for Stronger Community Bonds

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April 2025 – Creating Age-Friendly Public Spaces that Support Social Participation

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February 2025 – Age-Friendly Planning

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January 2025 AARP Challenge Grant and Age-Friendly Leadership Survey Results

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Upcoming Events

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Mar. 10, 2026- AARP Webinar

The Power of Spinoffs: How Age-Friendly Efforts Spark More Than Expected Registration

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Discover the unexpected wins and ripple effects that emerge when communities embrace age-friendly initiatives. This webinar highlights inspiring spinoffs that go beyond original goals, showing how small steps can spark broader change.

Apr. 14, 2026- AARP Webinar

Places With Purpose: Built for Belonging Registration

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Discover how communities are designing spaces that foster belonging and connection across all ages. This webinar highlights practical examples of places built with purpose, where engagement and inclusion and thrive.

In Case You Missed It… 2024 Webinar Recordings!

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Below are recordings from the 2024 webinar series: Addressing Equity in Pedestrian Infrastructure in Charlottesville & Albemarle County!

Additionally, here are the key resources discussed during the final webinar on Nov. 20, 2024:

Thank you to everyone who attended, and to everyone who is watching the recordings!

Joe Jamison with VisitAble

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Daily Progress, July 2021 – Feature on Joe Jamison and VisitAble, a startup providing disability accessibility training, certification and publicity. Read more…

“I graduated in May 2019 and I was taking a capstone course, which was to start my own business. The first thing they ask you to do is to pick something you’re passionate about,” recalled Jamison, the mind behind VisitAble, a startup providing disability accessibility training, certification and publicity.

“My father has used a wheelchair for my entire life and I grew up with a passion for accessibility and the different attitudes and physical barriers that he faced on a daily basis,” he said. “I knew that was what I wanted to do. It was just a matter of narrowing it down to the problems I could really make an impact on.”

New look at an age-friendly community

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Daily Progress, May 2019 – Older Americans Month prompts new look at ‘age-friendly initiative’ for community

When it comes to advocating for government planning initiatives and policies that benefit older people, advocates sometimes find it hard to get the public to push decision makers to act.

“We tend to dismiss people as they age,” said Natalie Snider, a senior program assistant with AARP Virginia, “… so government doesn’t deal with these planning and policy issues. …. There’s more of a focus on the needs of schools, young families, new businesses.”