A Letter from The Mayor
On behalf of the City of Rowlett, we are excited about our successful collaboration with AARP Texas and the World Health Organization as we have become an Age-Friendly Community. Along with other communities in the nation, Rowlett is committed to promoting policies to make American cities friendly to the aging population. In Rowlett, we hold our older citizens in high regard. Their life experience and broad range of knowledge has proven invaluable as our community has grown. In fact, the Rowlett City Council has an appointed Senior Advisory Board, whose mission is to generate public awareness of and support for senior citizens’ concerns, and to provide those citizens with information of interest to them. The Senior Advisory Board also proposes solutions and makes recommendations to the City Council concerning issues important to our older population. I see great value in the AARP Network and am excited to enhance the community activities which contributed to Rowlett’s designation as an Age-Friendly City. As a participant in the national network of communities, the City of Rowlett will continue to include the active engagement of older adults in community decisions; implement this Plan of Action to respond to the needs identified by older adults in the community; commit to measuring activities, review action plan outcomes and report on them publicly. We look forward to continuing working with AARP Texas staff and volunteers to ensure our community has the appropriate infrastructure in place to allow our older citizens to remain engaged and age with dignity.
Sincerely,
Tammy Dana-Bashian Mayor
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