Livable Communities Coordination

Marcia DuBois

Priorities for 20151. Promote visitability and linkages between accessible housing and

transportation2. Promote inclusive, alternative neighborhood designs that support aging

in place such as: Villages, Co-Housing, Easy Living Home features, and Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

3. Develop and maintain a strategy to ensure the continuation of the livable communities conversation at statewide and regional forums

4. Convene community partners engaged in livable communities planning to set benchmarks and offer best practices

5. Support additional collaboration between aging and disability services

Update• Promote livable programs statewide• Home Accessibility Interchange• “Let’s Get Livable” – Blueprint Anthem• Hampton Roads Housing Consortium• Partnership for Smarter Growth

• Age Wave Leadership Forum

• Walkability Action Institute

• Information & Referral

• Realtors

Virginia’s Blueprint for Livable Communities

Marcia DuBoisLivable Communities Coordinator Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative ServicesMarcia.DuBois@dars.virginia.gov(804) 662-7083

www.vadars.org/vblc