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Miami Shores Village


Miami Shores Village

Committed To Becoming More Age-Friendly

Miami Shores Village  United States of America
Print this page City population: 1077217.4 % over 60Joined Network in 2018

The Village has developed a set of programs in its Recreation/Community Center program designed to assist older adults. These programs include: Silver Sneakers – low impact fitness; Ocher Lifelong Learning Institute and Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus will provide “classes” on domestic and foreign events; an 8-session cyber senior program has been developed; and a low impact ZUMBA fitness program is available. Water aerobics for seniors are also available at the Village Aquatic Center. In addition, the Village recently opened a dog park with highly accessible parking and wheel-chair friendly use. The Village has a number of Community Advisory Boards that develop programming for the community which includes older adults. Such events include Green Day (sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce), Unity Day (a celebration of Miami Shores) and Winterfest (a holiday season event). Both the Brockway Memorial Library and the Miami Shores Fine Arts Commission do regular programming including programming for seniors Two studies completed in 2015: Complete Streets and Multimodal Mobility Study addressed issues regarding older adults and local transportation. The Comprehensive Plan recommended to the Village Council to move forward with the Age Friendly Initiative. The Village’s Planning and Zoning Board has a “senior member” whose role includes assessing and suggesting seniors will be included as much as possible in infrastructure changes that are age-friendly. The Village will undertake a number of steps towards becoming “age friendly”. It will ensure that seniors are appointed to the Recreation Advisory Board, the Brockway Memorial Library Board, Code Enforcement, Historic Preservation Board, and Country Club Advisory Board. The Village plans to use to our Shores Shuttle Service (supported with County-wide transportation funds) as allowed in the future for door-door last mile service to our seniors. Public Works will continually monitor our public parks to ensure senior accessibility.

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