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Age-Friendly Englewood

How is the project funded?

Age-Friendly Englewood is funded by grants from the The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation. Other Bergen County communities receiving grants to develop and promote "age-friendly communities" include Fair Lawn, Garfield, Ridgewood, Teaneck and Westwood.

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Walkability Study Released

Click here to review a Walkability Study, plus recommendations for corrective actions to ensure pedestrian safety.

Englewood

Is Designated

Age-Friendly City!

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announcement.

Statement on Racial Justice & Equity

Plans 2020-2021

(Currently on hold.)

Check out our roster of activities for the months ahead. One key focus will be Pedestrian Safety.

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and get involved!!

Coalition Leadership

Bergen Family Center is the fiscal agent and sponsor of the project.

Janet Sharma, who served for 22 years as CEO of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, is the coordinator of the Age-Friendly Englewood project. Janet was also appointed by Governor Murphy to serve on the Age-Friendly NJ Advisory Council.

Age-Friendly Englewood is a community-wide

project that is working to ensure that residents

of Englewood can age-in-place in their homes

and in the community with dignity and independ-

ence. Age-Friendly Englewood seeks to help the

community become more livable for people of

all ages, with particular attention to the rapidly

growing number of older adults. An age-friendly

community is one that is a great place to grow

up and grow old.

Age-Friendly Englewood aims to help people

throughout the community -- whether they live

in an apartment, condo, single-family home,

multi-family home or assisted-living facility --

live their lives as fully as possible, with access

to a broad range of affordable services and

amenities as they age.

Building off of the City’s Master Plan, which

was adopted in 2014, the project started in

2016with the formation of a coalition of

organizations that provide services to Engle-

wood residents, including nonprofit organiza-

tions, houses of worship, civic organizations,

the Mayor, City Council and offices of City

government.

The coalition’s first task was to assess where

Englewood is at the present time, determine

where there are needs and/or gaps in service,

and develop a plan to meet those needs over

the months and years ahead.

The most essential element of the planning

process was input from residents throughout

Englewood who are age 60 or older. This was

accomplished through surveys, administered

both online and on paper to nearly 400 older

adult residents, as well as through focus groups,

brain-storming sessions and interviews with key

stake-holders in Englewood. Interviews were

also held with directors of City governmental

offices to learn how their offices serve older

adult residents.

The results were presented at a Community

Forum at Englewood Hospital in August 2016.

(Click here to view the presentation.) Following

this presentation, the Age-Friendly Coalition

formed work groups in the areas of Housing,

Transportation, Communications, and Social

Inclusion began developing work plans to meet

the identified needs.

Information provided by the World Health Organization and AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) is helping to guide development of the Englewood project.

WHO's Checklist of Age-Friendly Cities provides a framework for Age-Friendly Englewood's Plan of Work.

Click here to see our plan of work for 2019-2021.

Age Friendly Englewood Coalition Partners​

Mayor

City Council

City Manager

Chamber of Commerce of North Jersey

Martin Luther King Houses

Saint Cecilia Parish​

Age Friendly Englewood Coalition Partners

Saint Cecilia Parish