Orlando, Florida Print

Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
4/3/2019

Lead Agency: City of Orlando - Mayor's Office

Government Agency

Action Plan Download

Orlando developed its action plan as a blueprint to make Orlando the best city in which to live and age well. The plan will be fully integrated into other community plans including the city master plan, the sustainability action plan, the complete streets policy and the vision zero action plan, among others. The age-friendly initiative considers new ways to create a sense of place for all residents, whether that person is in a wheelchair, pushing a stroller or carrying home grocery bags. The goal is to make the Orlando community a place to live better for longer, and for the city to be more accessible for everyone.

Action Plan Highlights

  1. Transportation

    Promote healthy mobility options for all ages and abilities, including those that help create clean, healthy environments that are non-auto-centric, safe, and which facilitate physical activity.

  2. Outdoor Spaces

    Improve the sense of place, comfort, and interconnectedness of communities by promoting culturally appropriate, age-friendly amenities and events, including new public art and wayfinding.

  3. Respect and Inclusion

    Gather data and survey technology needs of older adults to develop programs to address the digital divide between older and younger technology and internet users.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Lakeland (2023)

Lakeland, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Transportation

Description: The project will create a safe, ADA-compliant, walkable connection to a park and link to three other bike/pedestrian routes that are connected throughout the city to other facilities and trails.

City of Orlando

Orlando, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Diversity and inclusion

Description: To bring internet access social connection to underserved neighborhoods with limited internet access, this project will install solar charging tables and shade structures with wireless hotspots painted by local artists.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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