Auburn, Maine Print
Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
6/19/2018
Lead Agency: Auburn Age Friendly Community
Age-Friendly Taskforce/Advisory Council/Commission
Action Plan Download
Auburn developed its action plan based primarily on data collected during a community survey. The plan focuses on transportation access for older adults without a personal vehicle and facilitating home maintenance for older adults to better allow them to age in place. Initiatives include things like mowing grass, shoveling snow, removing or installing air conditioners and handyman jobs. Auburn has also prioritized an age-friendly business strategy, including an age-friendly business designation, and involving local businesses in age-friendly planning processes to improve social connectivity and bolster the local economy.
Action Plan Highlights
Outdoor Spaces
Improve public spaces by increasing access to rest places and walking areas, installing friendship benches to provide additional seating and help reduce social isolation, and advocating for increased crosswalk safety and local business education programs to city council.Transportation
Work with local partners to increase access to affordable and accessible transportation options for non-drivers and collaborate with city council to increase enforcement of winter snow removal regulations.Housing
Promote options for aging in place by increase access to home repair and home maintenance services by educating residents on existing programs and increasing access to low-income independent living housing options.
