Public Agencies, San Mateo County

City of Half Moon Bay Starts Application Process to Gain “Age Friendly Community” Designation

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
PRESS RELEASE. From Senior Coastsiders’ Executive Director, Sandi Winter.

In September, the City of Half Moon Bay will be starting the process of applying for Age Friendly Community designation for our Coastside community.

In an age-friendly community, the policies, services, and structures related to the physical and social environment are designed to support successful aging and make communities more livable for people of all ages. An age-friendly community may generate economic benefits, social capital, infrastructure innovations, and healthy communities.
Other cities in the County that have already undergone this process include Daly City, Foster City, Redwood City, Colma, Pacifica, and San Mateo.

The World Health Organization (WHO) founded the Age-Friendly Network in 2005 and today there are over 1,000 cities worldwide.

 

AARP coordinates the Age-Friendly Network in the United States as an affiliate of the WHO’s initiative. The AARP have developed a framework of Eight Domains of Livability that include:
  • outdoor spaces and buildings
  • transportation
  • communication and information
  • civic participation and employment
  • respect and social inclusion
  • community support/health services
  • social participation
  • housing

This framework can be used by local leaders and residents to assess the needs of older adults. Once identified, these needs can be organized, prioritized, and incorporated into a clear action plan to make communities more livable for both older residents and people of all ages. This is an on-going process that in the first 5 years includes planning and piloting Age Friendly Community inaugural projects (years 1-2), creating an action plan focused on sustainability (year 2), implementation (years 3-5), and progress evaluation (end of year 5).

I look forward to hearing YOUR input regarding how our Coastside region can be a more Age Friendly community. Email, call or visit me in person to discuss your ideas.

Our Coastside community Age Friendly plan will be submitted to AARP in October – so don’t delay!

 

Contact Sandi Winter with your feedback!

[email protected]

 

 

THE MEMBER LIST AND MAP

The AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities was established in April 2012 as an independent affiliate of the World Health Organization Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Find this page again by using the URL AARP.org/AgeFriendly. 

Coastside Buzz
Author: Coastside Buzz

Me

Related Buzz

One thought on “City of Half Moon Bay Starts Application Process to Gain “Age Friendly Community” Designation”

  1. I object to this distinction! It is not age friendly for people 15-35. There are no job opportunities for college graduates, no social activities for singles. It’s not accessible to anyone who is not near downtown. Public transportation is atrocious. High end boutiques, surfing & horse back riding does not make for an age friendly community. I have lived on the coast most of my life 1991-2014(5-28), 2020-curent(33-35). Unless you own a business or work for the city or county, you cannot support yourself on jobs here. Over 90% people who live here do not work here. Commuting to San Mateo or Daly City can be a nightmare. You’re looking at at least a 40 minute commute either way. So again state “this is not an age friendly community”.

    Andrew C.
    El Granada

Comments are closed.