Recognizing Livability
Public Act 14-73 requires Connecticut’s Legislative Commission on Aging to recognize communities that have implemented livable community initiatives. We’re already fulfilling this statutory mandate by tracking innovations and ideas that are happening around the state, the nation and the world to make communities more livable.
Moving forward, we’ll be identifying outstanding examples of livability with awards for communities at different stages on the path to livability. We’ll be posting more information here as it becomes available.
Innovations and Ideas
Across Connecticut and throughout the nation, communities are implementing a number of successful initiatives to create thriving places for people to grow up and grow older. The links below are intended to:
- Galvanize continued improvements in Connecticut,
- Promote best practices, and
- Stimulate continued ideas and innovation.
In Connecticut Statewide, Regionally and by Town
- Statewide – Connecticut Complete Streets Policy
- Statewide – My Place Connecticut
- Avon, Bloomfield, Canton, Newington, Plainville, Simsbury and West Hartford – LGBT Moveable Senior Center
- Bethany – Rocky Corner (Connecticut’s first housing development)
- Branford, Guilford and Madison – Shoreline Village CT: A Community of Seniors Living Independently at Home
- Bridgeport – Bijou Square
- Bridgeport – Complete Streets Audit – A Walking Audit of the East Side
- Bridgeport – Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District
- Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon – Wayfinding
- Canton – Draft Form-Based Code
- Danbury – Age Well Community Council of Danbury
- Darien – At Home in Darien, Aging in Place Gallivant
- East Hartford – Road Diet
- Enfield – Accessory Apartments – Planning and Zoning Regulations
- Enfield – Enfield – Commission on Aging (bringing together local stakeholders to promote community livability)
- Guilford – Road Diet
- Hamden – Zoning Regulations (Connecticut’s first form-based code)
- Hartford – Community Solutions’ Northeast Neighborhood Partnership
- Hartford – Hartford Mobile Market (as a potential model for bringing services to transit-challenged communities)
- Hartford – The iQuilt Plan
- Hartford – 2016 Zoning Code
- Hartford, New Haven, Stamford – PARK(ing) (temporarily creating public open space in urban environments)
- Litchfield Hills and Greater Waterbury – Pathways for Older Adults
- Manchester – Broad Street Redevelopment Plan
- Mansfield – Storrs Center
- Middletown – Middletown Complete Streets Master Plan
- New Britain – Complete Streets Master Plan for Downtown New Britain
- New Canaan – Using Health Care Technology to Enhance New Canaan as an optimal Livable Community
- New Haven – Home Haven
- New Haven – Complete Streets Design Manual
- New Haven – Hill to Downtown Community Plan
- New Haven – Livable City Initiative
- New Haven – New Haven – Mary Wade at Home (an example of diversification of services)
- Norwalk – Norwalk 2.0
- Norwalk – Under One Roof
- Putnam – First Fridays (to build community)
- Seymour – Livable Communities Committee
- Simsbury – Main Street Partnership
- Simsbury – Stratton Brook State Park (first accessible state park)
- Stamford – People Friendly Stamford
- Stamford – Vita Stamford (working to improve health by addressing community conditions)
- Stamford – Complete Streets
- Southeastern Connecticut shoreline – Our Shoreline Community Association
- Torrington – Complete Streets Resolution
- Torrington – Main Street Torrington
- Torrington – Torrington Programs and Policies to Address the Aging Community
- Vernon – Rockville Downtown Association
- Waterbury – Waterbury BRASS
- West Hartford – Complete Streets Policy
- West Hartford – Road Diet and Safety Study
- West Hartford – Blue Back Square (an example of mixed use development)
Nationally By State
- Best Cities for Successful Aging
- Age-Friendly American Database
- Florida – Institute for the Ages
- Kansas – Area Agency on Aging: Mid-America Regional Council
- Kansas – Mr. Goodcents Foundation For Senior Independence
- Massachusetts – Newton at Home
- Missouri – KC Communities for All Ages
- New York – Age-Friendly NYC
- New York – Arbor House
- Oregon – Mixing Age Groups in Affordable Housing
- Oregon – Age-Friendly Portland