Greater Richmond Age Wave

Working to make the Richmond region a great place for all people to grow old.

New 2021: Our 2021 -2024 Strategic Plan Update. Throughout the Fall of 2020 we engaged in surveys and focus groups with our partners to refresh our mission and goals. Both the full strategic plan and an Executive Summary are available. This 3-year plan update shares goals, strategies, and measures for 2021-2024 and achieves the following:

Sharpens and clarifies the Longevity Project’s mission and scope of work.
Establishes strategic goals inclusive of a total aging lifespan and equity focus
Emphasizes the need to re-think “single-story” narratives focused on aging as “decline”.
Updates understanding and messaging with current knowledge
Aligns stakeholder engagement with mission and scope

We are so grateful to Kimbrough Consulting and Wilkes Consulting for their diligence, flexibility and overall brilliance in their efforts to capture this enormous task.

Welcome to our new Longevity Project Scholar for Spring 2021!

Ilonka J. Walker is a 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) with a Bachelors Science in Psychology with a Minor in Sociology and Medical Humanities. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Gerontology at VCU. She has aspirations of becoming an Occupational Therapist. We are so grateful to Natalie Mansion for her work as our Fall semester Scholar!