Description: Age-Friendly San Mateo
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In October of 2020, the City of San Mateo made a commitment to become an Age-Friendly City by joining the AARP’s Age Friendly Communities Network . See the Community News Release for more information.
In November 2022 the City submitted its Age Friendly Action Plan to the AARP. See the the Age-Friendly Action Plan. The Action Plan is a road map to completing the identified projects selected by the Age-Friendly Task Force. See the project below to learn about the status of specific projects.
The Task Force conducted a study to identify major concentrations of seniors in the City and the destinations they would most likely walk to if conditions were safe. The results of the study were provided to (1) the San Mateo Public Works Department to assist with prioritizing repairs of sidewalks and minimizing safety hazards on specific routes between them to reduce liability risk and encourage walking by seniors for health and socialization and (2) the San Mateo Police Department to assist with enforcem