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Bolton, CT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: To help local older adults stay physically active, this project installed a new pickleball court behind Bolton's senior center. Volunteers also installed a bench onsite to give players and spectators a place to rest. Pickleball -- a fast-paced game combining elements of tennis and ping-pong -- is popular with older adults since is low-impact.
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Delaware, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: The City of Dallas upgraded Unity Park, adding fitness equipment and ADA-compliant benches. To make the space more appealing, the City also upgraded the park's lighting and landscaping.
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Salmon, ID
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: The city will improve safety and accessibility by resurfacing worn-out pickleball courts with new concrete or asphalt. The courts are particularly popular with older adults residents.
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Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will hold a design competition where teams will test recent local zoning reform efforts. Each team will create feasible designs for missing middle housing, including accessible units for people age 50 and older. The competition will also communicate the benefits of multi-generational housing.
Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.
Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement
Description: To improve walkability, this project will engage youth from the Fairview neighborhood to remove sidewalk obstructions during the summer and snow during the winter.
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