Outdoor Spaces & Public Buildings

Age-Friendly Communities of the Lower Kennebec (Bath region): partners with the YMCA to provide a free indoor walking opportunity during winter months

Age-Friendly Coastal Communities (Blue Hill Peninsula, Deer Isle and Stonington): sponsors a weekly walk-in cafe that includes treats, chats with friends, and an optional stroll on the Murphy Trailhead

Age-Friendly Georgetown: created the Georgetown Trekkers program, which encourages Georgetowners of all ages to get out and enjoy the island's nature preserves

Old Orchard Beach Community Friendly Connection: re-energized an entire block by engaging the neighborhood in a collaborative clean-up and restoration project 

Age-Friendly Portland: partnered with Portland Downtown and wrote a Community Challenge grant to make alleyways welcoming by creating murals with old doors, lighting, greenery, and creative overhead treatments to design engaging multi-activity spaces  

Bangor Livable Communities: conducted park audits, and made recommendations that were incorporated into the update of the Comprehensive Plan

Age-Friendly Chelsea: restored trails, added picnic tables, and installed signage in Butternut Park

Age-Friendly Eliot: added five benches to the Boat Basin, allowing people to sit, relax, and enjoy the view

Age-Friendly Fryeburg: designed and built a one-mile-loop recreation trail that is easily walkable by older adults and individuals living with disabilities

Age-Friendly Millinocket: developed a teaching garden for all ages that celebrates the culture of the people who originally lived on the land

Age-Friendly Dexter: worked with local high school students to build and distribute raised bed gardens to more than 50 residents

Age-Friendly Bowdoinham: conducted an accessibility audit of the town office that led to the addition of a push button entry and handrail at the main entrance, heated mats and a central rail for the exterior stair entrance, and improved covered ramp access 

Age-Friendly Ellsworth: added adult fitness equipment to Knowlton Park

Age-Friendly Eastport: installed outdoor xylophones and drums in Harmony Park so residents and visitors can play music while enjoying the view of  Cobscook Bay

Age-Friendly Saco: installed beach mats to enable greater accessibility to its sandy waterfront