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star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

Grant funds helped involve residents in decisions to improve the built environment and create active transportation options for people of all ages and ability levels.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

Anchorage Park Foundation

Anchorage, AK

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Public places

Description: This project will install music equipment for all ages in Anchorages first Intergenerational Health Healing Park, intentionally designed to support integration into nature near health care facilities and provide support to caregivers, patients and health care professionals.

Bike Anchorage

Anchorage, AK

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Smart Cities

Description: A mobile trailer will be purchased and outfitted with materials including bollards, rubber bricks, traffic cones and signage to complete pop-up demonstration projects throughout the community.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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AARP has offices in all 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

AARP Alaska State Office

3601 C Street
Suite 1420
Anchorage, AK 99503
United States

Phone: 866-227-7447
Fax: 907-341-2270
Email: [email protected]