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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

This project will revitalize a public space with a mural and a community garden, which will open opportunities to educate residents in art as well as produce food to help those in need.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Greenville, Parks and Recreation Department

Greenville, SC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: Grant funds financed will renovate Walker Park which boost social infrastructure, especially for those 50.

Greenville County Parks, Recreation, & Tourism

Berea, SC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: An outdoor park will be added to a renovated Community Center to create an outdoor space equipped with swings, benches, gardens, shade structures, a walking path, and a horseshoe pit

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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