Interviews with Livability Experts and Leaders

Réna Bradley (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Jonathan Pacheco Bell (Los Angeles) and Andy Toy (Philadelphia) provide a coast-to-coast look at how local efforts to invest in "placekeeping" and welcome

new residents improves neighborhoods for people of all ages, backgrounds and income levels. Courtesy photos Facebook Twitter AARP Livable Communities Interview Series

The links on this page represent just some of what's available. More conversations with livability experts can be found via pages for the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities,

AARP Livable Communities Workshops and Conferences, Livable Lessons and AARP International's Equity by Design: Global Dialogue and Equity by Design: Principles in Action series.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIONRéna Bradley, Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center (2021)Jonathan Pacheco Bell, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (2021)Andy

Toy, Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (2020)Pat Rumbaugh, Let's Play America (2016) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTLaMonte Guillory, LOR Foundation (2019)Patricia Sears,

Northeast Kingdom/Newport Vermont (2014) HOUSINGDaniel Parolek, Architect, about 'Missing Middle Housing' (2016)Sarah Susanka, Architect, The Not-So-Big House (2015)Richard Duncan, Executive

Director, Better Living by Design (2014) PLANNING AND ZONINGParris Glendening, Smart Growth America (2016)Mildred Warner, Professor, Cornell University (2016)Carol Rhea, President, American

Planning Association (2015)Joel Russell, Form-Based Code Institute (2015) PUBLIC PLACES, OUTDOOR SPACESGil Penalosa, Founder, 8 80 Cities (2015)Mitchell Silver, Commissioner, NYC Parks and

Recreation (2014) PUBLIC HEALTHRose Gowen, MD, Commissioner, Brownsville, Texas (2014)Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2014) TRANSPORTATIONVeronica O. Davis,

Co-Founder, Nspiregreen and Black Women Bike DC (2020)Toks Omishakin, Director, California Department of Transportation (2020)Karina Ricks, Director, Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and

Infrastructure (2020)AARP Transportation Workshop Keynote: Safety Panel (2020)AARP Transportation Workshop Keynote: Accessibility Panel (2020)AARP Transportation Workshop Keynote: Resilience

Panel (2020)Billy Hattaway, Florida Transportation Secretary (2016)Leah Shahum, Vision Zero Network (2016)Katherine Freund, ITN America (2015)Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

(2014) More Interviews, Lessons and ArticlesSee the Local Leaders Interview SeriesCheck out Livable Lessons Taught by Livability ExpertsMore from the A-Z Livability Library