Across the Tri-State region, libraries are stepping into expansive roles as connectors, educators, and gathering places that help older residents stay engaged, informed, and rooted in their communities. This online event will spotlight several public libraries throughout the tri-state region that are leading the way in thoughtful, age-inclusive programming.

Please join us for this free webinar to hear directly from library staff and community partners about the creative outreach efforts they have built, the age-inclusive programs they offer, and the lessons they are eager to share. Whether you work in a library, an aging services organization, a municipality, or simply care about strengthening the fabric of your community, you will leave with concrete ideas and inspiration for how libraries can be powerful allies in supporting our goal of building longevity ready communities. Together we will explore how these institutions, often already trusted and beloved, can become even stronger hubs for lifelong learning and intergenerational connection.

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Join us for a virtual viewing of “Living in Pryde,” a documentary that tells the story of The Pryde, the first LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing community in New England. Located in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, The Pryde transformed a historic 1902 school building into 74 apartments and a vibrant community center where LGBTQ older adults can age with dignity, connection, and authenticity. The film offers an intimate look at what it means to build housing and community rooted in belonging.

Following the screening, we will be joined by representatives from The Pryde for a live Q&A. This is a chance to hear directly from the people doing this work about what it took to bring this vision to life and what it means for residents to finally have a place where they can be fully themselves. Whether you are working in housing, aging services, LGBTQ inclusion, or community planning, this conversation offers inspiration and practical insight for building more affirming spaces for older adults across our region.

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Where we live shapes everything about how we age. Yet housing is too often treated as a separate conversation from health, community, and care — leaving older adults and the systems meant to support them without a coherent, connected approach to one of the most fundamental dimensions of longevity readiness. 

In the first hour of this free webinar event, a panel of organizations and practitioners in the field will lift up innovative models and on-the-ground approaches that treat housing not as a backdrop to aging well, but as essential infrastructure for it. 

In the second hour, participants will have the opportunity to go deeper in a facilitated conversation where we explore a longevity-ready future for housing infrastructure. We will ask you to bring your own experiences, questions, and ideas to the table. Whether you are a housing developer, a community planner, an aging services provider, or an advocate, this conversation is for you.

We are currently looking for panelists for this conversation, please reach out to Willow at wdansbury@mainecouncilonaging.org if you’d like to participate. More details coming soon!

Something significant is happening in rural health across our region and TSLCA is hosting a cross borders conversation to talk about it. The Rural Health Transformation Program is a landmark federal initiative investing $50 billion in rural health systems nationwide between 2026 and 2030, and Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are all receiving substantial first-year awards. But what does this mean for older adults and the organizations that serve them? Where are the opportunities, and what questions are still unanswered?

Join us for a loosely facilitated conversation where we think through this together, share what we are hearing on the ground, and explore how aging services organizations across the Tri-State Region might engage with and benefit from this once-in-a-generation investment.