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Today, more than one in eight Americans are over the age of 65, a population of more than 35 million people. By 2030, it will be almost one in five (more than 71 million people). This growing segment of the population will have tremendous implications for housing, transportation, social and financial services, and health care and will call for innovations to meet changing needs.

As people age, their activities, household composition, social networks, and financial resources evolve. Therefore, so too must their homes, communities and the services that support them. While some of the baby boomer generation will gravitate to sunnier climates and amenity-laden cities, most will choose to stay where they are currently living, meaning that every city, county, and state will need to adapt to accommodate aging in place.

What does this growing segment of our population want and need in housing, community design, and services? What are multigenerational communities? And what are the trends and innovations to help you be a stronger part of the team—including architects and developers and professionals in aging services and public health, nonprofit organizations, local governments, banks and financial institutions, and others—to support healthy aging and community development?

The Multigenerational Communities for Healthy Aging Symposium, cohosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology, brought together several experts in various fields to explore these questions and more.

Monday, September 29
	Welcome Address Speakers Rick Duke, CEcD, EDFP, Georgia Tech Center for Healthy Aging in the Built Environment, Atlanta Todd Greene, CEcD, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
	What Do Consumers Want? Demographic and Consumer Trends Impacting Community Development Speaker "Demographics and Real Estate Market Trends" Sarah Kirsch, Senior Principal, Robert Charles Lesser & Company, Atlanta
	Panel: Innovations in Community Design and Development Moderator Karen Leone de Nie, AICP, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Panelists "New Urbanist NORCs and Suburban Retrofits" Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, College of Architecture, Georgia Tech, Atlanta "Emerging Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place" Brian Jones, Aware Home, Georgia Tech, Atlanta "Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design in Multigenerational Communities" Jon Sanford, Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
	Panel: Creative Approaches to Multigenerational, Mixed-Income Neighborhood Development Moderator Bill Witte, THW Design, Atlanta Panelists "Creative Approaches to Multigenerational, Mixed-Income Neighborhood Development" Steve Maun, Leyland Alliance, LLC, Tuxedo, New York "Chattahoochee Hill Country" Steve Nygren, Serenbe Community, Palmetto, Georgia "The Integral Group, LLC" Eric Pinckney, Integral Group, LLC, Atlanta
Tuesday, September 30
	Opening Address: The Challenge of Chronic Disease and Disabilities for Community Development — Opportunities for the Development Industry Moderator Mark Braunstein, MD, Georgia Tech College of Computing Speaker H. Robert Superko, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACSM, FAACVPR, Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute, Atlanta
	Panel: A Multipart Strategy for Addressing Healthy Aging in Community Development Moderator Cathie Berger, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta Panelists David Goldberg, Smart Growth America, Washington, D.C. "Lifelong Communities" Kathryn Lawler, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta
	Panel: Creative Solutions through Financing and Partnerships Moderator Michael Sizemore, Sizemore Group, Atlanta Panelists Ken Bleakly, Bleakly Advisory Group, Atlanta "The Green House® Project" Robert Jenkens, NCB Green Houses, Arlington, Virginia Turner Simkins, Leyland Alliance, Tuxedo, New York