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Muskogee, OK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Walk Audits
Description: The project will conduct three walk audits to document issues faced by walkers, wheelchair users, and people using canes. Two community meetings will discuss audit results to inform future planning.
Montclair, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Walk Audits
Description: This project will conduct walk audits near Judy Weston Garden and Edgemont Park Senior Center. Volunteers will survey sidewalks, intersections, and paths to identify ways to increase safe usage.
North Augusta, SC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Walk Audits
Description: Uneven sidewalks and poorly marked crossings made downtown North Augusta difficult to navigate, especially for older adults. A walk audit engaged residents age 50-plus to identify hazards and suggest fixes. The project included two community meetings and immediate upgrades like better lighting and safer crossings. Findings informed updates to the downtown master plan and sparked momentum for long-term improvements. One participant said it felt empowering to voice concerns and later see changes such as traffic-calming features, making trips to meet friends or run errands more confident and enjoyable.
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Providence, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety
Description: Older adults in Providence faced unsafe streets and long delays for repairs, limiting mobility in neighborhoods with high crash rates. The coalition launched six Walk, Talk & Chalk events where residents and civic leaders walked routes, marked hazards with chalk and shared meals to build trust. These gatherings captured real-time feedback on sidewalks and curb ramps and strengthened ties between residents and officials. The effort sparked plans for a sidewalk funding campaign and encouraged elected leaders to hold walking meetings, advancing equity in aging and safer streets.
Providence, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety
Description: To introduce older adult residents to ridehailing options, the Rhode Island College Foundation launched a workshop titled It's Uber Easy to Get a Lyft. More than 70 older adults from seven towns attended the workshops, which taught them how to download a smartphone app to hail rides. A majority of participants reported they gained confidence using the services following the training. Organizers hope this helps older adults retain mobility, even when they no longer feel comfortable driving themselves.
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