Grand Island has many programs targeted toward older people, including a Grand Generation Center (day programs), Midland’s Area Agency on Aging, several assisted living centers, and a handi-bus system. As you can see, these services are very much geared toward meeting the specific needs of the aging population. They do not, however, address the greater livability needs throughout the community such as transportation, housing and healthy living. Grow Grand Island is an ideal organization to bring needed collaboration and coordination to meet the community-wide livability needs of residents and visitors of all ages. The City of Grand Island has conducted many studies in the last few years that include needs assessments and potential strategies that have already provided a good road map to consider. For instance, Grow Grand Island refined their program of work for 2018-2022 to focus primarily on workforce development, downtown, entrepreneurship, education, and affordable housing. This process laid out specific action items to explore and/or pursue. To help finance projects across our program of work, Grow Grand Island receives $500,000 per year from the City of Grand Island to be used to improve the quality of life and community development outcomes: The City of Grand Island completed a transportation study in 2017, as well as a bike/pedestrian study to provide a strategic direction for our community, as well as to identify gaps in wants and needs vs. resources; the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation is currently conducting a new housing study to be completed in March 2019 (this will be an update to the previous study conducted five years ago); the Heartland Area United Way conducted a poverty study in 2016 to provide scope and strategic direction for service agencies in our community; the Grand Island Health Department received a 2-year walkability grant that has now expired—they have formulated ideas that have not yet been explored (which Grow Grand Island hopes to address); and the State of Nebraska has launched a workforce development program to help address our low unemployment in outstate Nebraska, which includes efforts to utilize the senior population to meet employer needs. With all of these studies & strategies, as well as engaged organizations, agencies, citizens & leaders, we can collectively carry out an action plan that now includes age-friendly concepts by focusing on the Domains of Livability for Transportation, Housing, Outdoor Spaces and Buildings, Civic Participation and Employment and Community and Health Services.