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In March of 2022 the City of Bath passed an ordinance allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) under certain conditions. An AARP 2022 Community Challenge Grant funded project created a toolkit to guide and empower homeowners interested in ADUs, thus increasing affordable housing options and opportunities for aging adults to remain independently in their homes. This educational campaign would not have been possible without the strong partnership with City of Bath, an intern from Bowdoin College, and Bath Housing.

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Bath Area Family YMCA opened its walking track on Tuesdays and Thursdays for non-members during the winter of 2019/2020. The Covid pandemic ended this program which is scheduled to restart in 2023.

During the Covid pandemic, members of AFCLK in cooperation with Arrowsic Healthy Aging facilitated an online class ‘A Matter of Balance’ in partnership with Spectrum Generations in Brunswick, our area agency on aging.

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Another project in collaboration with the Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee in 2023 mapped the location of downtown benches in Bath with the goal of including their locations in a future version of the city map. This process also identified locations for the placement of two additional benches on Congress Avenue. Funded by AARP and Davenport Trust, the installation was delayed by the Covid pandemic. In a neighborhood with affordable housing units the two new benches offer a resting place for residents out walking with their friends or shopping in nearby stores.

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Our website has been a repository for information on regional resources, making it easier for older residents to sign up to needed help. We partnered with Catholic Charities Maine Seek Elderly Alone, Renew Courage & Hope (SEARCH) during the Covid pandemic and with the Bath Police Department and Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Office to help promote the Good Morning Call. Both programs offer social interaction to older adults living alone.

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Creating a space that increases social interactions through chess and checkers was a first step to address social isolation and loneliness, another opportunity to interact with people of all ages to get out and get moving. With funding from the Davenport Trust Foundation and AARP Challenge Grant we installed two additional chess and checkers table sets outside the Bath Area Family YMCA.