AARP EYES NEWPORT

March 7, 2013

Newport City Manager John Ward Jr. says the city has problems it has to fix, sooner rather than later. Photo by Christopher Roy

NEWPORT CITY – The city council wants more information before agreeing to jump on board with AARP to designate Newport City as an "age friendly city."
Trish Sears, executive director of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation (NCRC), pitched the idea to the council Monday evening. She said that AARP Vermont asked if the city wants to be included with a World Health Organization (WHO) and Vermont State Project that would enable Newport City to be age friendly. A community advisory council would work with NCRC on community issues like access and economic opportunities. The council would have to be open to having the designation, Sears said.

For the rest of this story, see Friday's edition of the Newport Daily Express for March 8, 2013.