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Chelsea, MA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: La Colaborativa will transform the Route One Bridge underspace in Chelsea, MA, into a hub where older adults can access health services, nutritious food, and engage in cultural, social, and fitness activities. This project aims to combat isolation, improve health, and support housing stability.
Lansing, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: This project will foster local advocacy for small, neighborhood-based transportation improvements, part of efforts to heal a community bisected by highway construction in the 1960s. Older residents will help plan, design and implement infrastructure projects that are eligible for federal funding.
Atlanta, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Reconnect Communities
Description: This project will archive older adult oral histories from Black neighborhoods in Atlanta, sharing stories through workshops, recordings, and public exhibits. The goal is to educate and connect communities, inspiring inclusive infrastructure that unites divided areas.
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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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