With the growing proportion of older adults in the US and increased efforts to support aging in place through the development of age-friendly communities, state and local governmental agencies are increasingly being called upon to develop coordinated multisector strategies to support older adults in the absence of a national plan. In this session, we explore the potential, and associated challenges, of community-academic partnerships in developing local multisector plans for aging (MPAs), or blueprints for supporting an age-friendly infrastructure. Using experiences derived in Santa Paula, CA, this session provides a case study in how local governmental agencies can partner with academic institutions to better accommodate the needs of a rapidly aging local populace.