Harrisonville recognized for age-friendly efforts

The silver level requires cities to hold five self-assessment meetings comparing city policies and actions against best practices from age-friendly communities around the world.

A city-led task force drove the assessment process with wide-ranging department representation, including city clerk, economic development, parks and recreation, planning, community development, information technology, public works and police department staff. Older adults and representatives from New Growth Transit, Cass County Council on Aging and the Cass County Health Department also participated.

Core recommendations include adopting a Complete Streets policy, making improvements to multimodal transportation and improving health care options in the city.

The award was also presented to the Harrisonville Board of Alderman on April 21.