Madison, Wisconsin Print

Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
10/28/2019

Lead Agency: Madison Senior Center & Senior Services

Senior/Community Center

Action Plan Download

An action plan is based on the results of community surveys identifying needs within the 8 Domains of Livability that influence the health and quality of life of older adults. While there is flexibility in how a plan is created and what it will do, every action plan includes a statement about what can be achieved, target dates for goal completion, identification of participating organizations and indicators to measure progress. The action plan is an "active" rather than static document. Revisions and amendments are a sign of program improvement and progress.

Action Plan Highlights

  1. Housing

    Create more housing options for older adults by educating housing developers about the need for and benefit of universal design principles and support services when building new housing developments, advocating for state-wide accessibility policies for newly constructed housing units, exploring application updates to programs offering eviction support, property tax assistance, and rehabilitation loan programs to make accessing these programs easier for older adults, and assessing community needs with regard to missing middle housing.

  2. Transportation

    Provide more transportation for older adults by exploring partnerships with community groups to provide coordinated alternatives to driving for special events and activities, expanding transit travel training and online trip planning training for older adults, increasing access to driver education classes for all older adults, including low-income residents, expanding separated walk and bike spaces on paths, and providing older adult cycle safety training.

  3. Communication and Information

    Broaden communications options by collaborating with older adult service providers to ensure resources are accessible for populations who need resources in different formats, for example different language, individuals who are vision or hearing impaired, or individuals with low literacy skills, and creating a more centralized resource database or resource sheet for older adult services.

Nearby AARP Community Challenge Projects

City of Madison (2021)

Madison, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Trails

Description: The spot where a popular pedestrian and bicycle path connects with Leopold Community School has needed repairs for years. The Cannonball Path's entrance was cracked and overgrown with weeds. To make the gateway to the path more welcoming, volunteers laid new concrete, planted native perennials alongside the path, added interpretive signage and installed solar lighting. New benches give people a space to sit and to appreciate the sculpture that adorns the trail entrance. The artwork depicts a fiddlehead fronds -- an homage to the local ecology. Today, the space gives educators the opportunity to teach students about local wildlife and also acts as a drop-off location for parents escorting their children to school. Project organizers say the improvements are part of community-wide efforts to give people more resting spaces along local trails.

Green County Development Corporation (2024)

Monticello, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Trails

Description: To connect two multiuse trails with Monticello's downtown, this project will add bike racks, wayfinding signage, benches, bike lanes crosswalk paint and new trees.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

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