For most of the last five decades Florida was the post-retirement destination for the so-called golden years.  In fact as late as 1985-1990 it swamped out the migration to all other destinations with net migration for those age 60 plus of nearly 323,148 for the period.  Its closest competitor was Arizona with net migration 1985-1990 of only 60,476 for those age 60 plus.  By 1995-2000 Florida remained number one, but for the period net migration for those age 60 plus dropped to a t

You need to be in Savannah for the AARC conference to get the latest on retiree economic development strategies!   To kick off the conference, Mr. Bill Houghton, VP for Marketing Linger Longer Inc, Reynolds Plantation, will speak about how to make a retiree community grow in a very rural community.

In the current economy, everyone is focused on how to make their message effective and how to convert leads to sale.  Mr. Dave Robertson, President of RPI will speak on how to help

Mr. Larry Armstrong of 50 Plus Community Marketing, Inc will be presenting a workshop on Friday afternoon from 1 until 4:30 p.m. on Getting Started in Active Adult Community Development.  This hands-on, interactive workshop is directed to those who are interested in developing smaller properties of 200 to 300 dwelling units-just the type and scale of community ideal created for a rural, small town setting.  Whether you are the developer or an official of such a small town- you will fin