Voices, the Neighbors Care Alliance affiliate programs, Pima Council on Aging, and AARP Arizona. TheWorking Group After compiling all recommendations, the working group consulted with City of Tucson department heads, Mayor and Council Members, and the City Manager to ensure feasibility of the plan. Both Pima Council on Aging and AARP Arizona conducted needs assessments that helped develop the priorities of this plan. In addition, several community providers offered input to the planning process. A working group was formed between the City of Tucson, the ELDER Alliance, AARP Arizona, and Pima Council on Aging to vet ideas and formulate the action plan. The working group was composed of the following: • Chair of the ELDER Alliance Age-Friendly/Livable Community Acton Team • Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer of Pima Council on Aging • Public Policy & Advocacy Coordinator of Pima Council on Aging • Associate State Director of AARP Arizona • Lead Planner for Housing and Community Development for the City of Tucson, formerly
Council Aide toWard 6 Council Member Steve Kozachik • Planning,Transportation, & Sustainability Policy Advisor for Mayor Jonathan Rothschild • Economic Development Specialist for Tucson City Manager’s Office The group met regularly for a little more than a year, bringing together input from the ELDER Alliance Action Teams, the needs assessment surveys, community organizations, older adults, and City Departments, to craft an action plan that was submitted to the City Manager, Mayor, and Council. The group gathered a tremendous amount of data, information, and recommendations that were condensed into this plan. To organize the planning process, the group used a spreadsheet that laid out the age-friendly network benchmarks, current City plans and priorities, the findings of the AARP Arizona and Pima Council on Aging surveys, current programs and activities that the City is doing, recommendations, and community partners by domain. Tucson is unique in that it already has many age-friendly features worked into current City plans and policies.
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