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| Michigan Leads in Livability Issues |
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| On the state level, the Aging Institute of Michigan, through the generous support of AARP, launched the new "MI Home Town" website to showcase state wide livability initiatives and to help communities move their initiatives forward by promoting best practices in the field of aging in place. Leaders from across Michigan will gather the second week of November to inform and update on Michigan's current livability projects a ... |
| Posted: November 8th, 2006 • 683 Views |
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| Traverse City: Aging in Community Initiative |
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| The growth of the 65 and older population in the Traverse City area is happening at a rate three times faster than the rest of the state and the nation. Consequently, the region is experiencing in some sense today what other communities around the state and nation might experience 5-10 years from now as older adult & boomer population growth continues to escalate. This accelerated growth pattern puts the Traverse City: Aging in C ... |
| Posted: November 8th, 2006 • 753 Views |
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| Livability for All: Life Beyond Limitation |
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| The Traverse City Aging in Community Initiative, based on the AARP Livable Communities model, is a community-wide assessment project that helped to identify assets and barriers to livability for those who live and work in the Traverse City area. While the questions were asked from the perspective of older persons, the community features and amenities surveyed were meant to benefit individuals of all ages and abilities. The Traverse C ... |
| Posted: November 8th, 2006 • 460 Views |
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| Traverse City Hosts Economic Development, Livable Communities Conference |
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Hundreds gather for "Senior Summit Conference on Aging 2006, a two-day conference on cutting-edge community issues cosponsored by AARP and the Aging Institute of Michigan.
Business, community and nonprofit leaders gathered in Traverse City recently for "Senior Summit Conference on Aging 2006," an in-depth two-day program about economic development opportunities for communities as their populations age and d ... |
| Posted: April 26th, 2006 • 264 Views |
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| AARP Michigan Sponsors Traverse City Senior Summit |
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The challenges and opportunities posed by an aging workforce is the focus of a two-day conference next month in Traverse City.
Business, community and non-profit leaders are invited to participate in the "Senior Summit Conference on Aging 2006" April 24-25 at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa.
Hosted by the Aging Institute of Michigan (AIM), the conference's principal sponsors are AARP and ... |
| Posted: March 23rd, 2006 • 268 Views |
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