Age-Friendly Community celebration held at Carolyn Crayton Park

It started after the AARP and The World Health Organization recognized Macon for its amenities that can make aging easier.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Rain didn’t stop this year’s Age-Friendly Community celebration at Carolyn Crayton Park on Thursday.

The celebration has been held for 12 years now.

It started after the AARP and The World Health Organization recognized Macon for its amenities that can make aging easier.

A couple of those amenities, also called domains, are public transportation and affordable and senior-friendly housing.

According to AARP.org, Macon-Bibb was among the first communities to become a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities when it joined in the spring of 2012. Macon-Bibb was the first community in Georgia to be designated age-friendly and it was the first community in Georgia to join as a combined city and county government.