Great Places at Any Age
Age-Friendly North Jersey is a growing alliance of advocates and change-makers dedicated to making the communities where we live, work, and play better for longer, healthier, and more equitable lives
Age Friendly Success Stories
A Year of Age-Friendly Successes and Strides in New Jersey
January 7, 2025 @ 2:29 pm
A new year is a time to take stock of how far you’ve come and what's ahead. Our Age-Friendly North Jersey alliance greets 2025 with a newly designed website, new community members, expanded partnerships at the regional and state level and new and encouraging signs of...
Communication, Coalitions Propel Age-Friendly Englewood
January 7, 2025 @ 2:29 pm
A good community cause needs a good community ambassador, and Age-Friendly Englewood has one in its coordinator Janet Sharma. From filling an information vacuum with a community newsletter that reaches thousands to building a community network with nearly 70...
Building Age-Friendly Community Ties One Repair at A Time
January 7, 2025 @ 2:29 pm
On a recent Saturday afternoon, dozens of residents filed into a community center in South Orange with lamps, bicycles, stereos, jewelry, guitars, clothing, small furniture and assorted household bric-a-brac, all in various states of disrepair. Tables lined the...
Upcoming Events
Age-Friendly Community Outcomes within the Waters of Systems Change
January 16 @ 10:00 am
Speakers: Emily A. Greenfield & Natalie E. Pope, Rutgers School of Social Work, Hub for Aging Collaboration (socialwork.rutgers.edu/aging) Description: Demonstrating the outcomes of age-friendly community (AFC) initiatives is important for sustaining resources to...