A TREND THAT ALSO SERVES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF ALL AGES
“One of the key risk factors for health –
both psychological and physical -- is social isolation,” said Meg Walker, a
Placemaking Consultant and Community Strategist and Professor at Pratt
Institute.
Getting out is so important for seniors.
They need to be near a park, a grocery, a
library, a place to meet other people.
We need to make more areas walkable,
parks more inviting, universal design applied to all civic space – we need to
make places for people.”
Walker sees a trend across the nation of
people selling big houses in the suburbs and into cities, downtowns and missed
use developments alive with amenities and activity.
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