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St. Paul, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: This project will create a virtual reality production depicting life in the Rondo neighborhood before, during and after a 1960s Interstate highway project split the community in two. Organizers will ask older residents to contribute their stories.
Oakland, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: The 980 Block Party will engage West Oakland residents to reimagine the 980 Freeway. The event will support freeway redesign, improve access and safety, and reclaim public space. EVOAK will document community history and collaborate with local organizations to promote equitable development and affordable housing.
Denver, CO
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: This project will bring together residents to share the history of how local highways have divided their neighborhood. Participants will then discuss how removing this barrier could reconnect the community.
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New Haven, CT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project will create welcoming, accessible outdoor spaces by installing benches at three senior centers and nearby parks.
Stratford, CT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Trails
Description: To increase walkability, this project updated and digitized maps of 12 walking routes and installed four benches along the routes. The town hosted a kickoff event to encourage people of all ages to walk more often.
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