AARP Magazine recently announced it’s top cities for successful aging in the United States. Minneapolis and Saint Paul didn’t make it. Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts’ recent editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune sheds light on why.AARP’s top 5 livable communities for seniors are Atlanta, Milwaukee, Portland, Boston and Chandler, Arizona. Atlanta’s regional commission is all over successful aging. In Milwaukee, they hosted a very cool senior housing design competition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Aging Consortium and Aging Maven also highlights what’s occurring in Milwaukee in creating a livable community for all ages. Great stuff here for the Twin Cities and other communities.An idea: Minnesota and other states could start developing criteria that make a community a good one for successful aging. Once you get/earn the designation you could put it on your population sign, e.g., Rochester, A Great Age Community. Would show that the community is a livable community for all. For our Wisconsin readers: Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts will be giving the keynote address at HospiceCare Inc.’s annual conference in Madison at American Family Insurance’s headquarters on September 27th. The conference is entitled ‘The Boomers are Here: Are We Ready?’ Kathryn’s presentation is entitled: ‘The Age Wave: America’s Opportunity for Transformation.’ For more information on the conference, go here.