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Yarmouth, ME
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: Yarmouth sought to improve safety on fast-moving corridors where older adults struggled to cross and drivers often failed to yield. The town installed temporary speed tables and enhanced crosswalks at nine locations, making walking routes more visible and prompting more than 25 residents to voice support. These changes slowed vehicles and encouraged additional requests for safer crossings. Residents shared stories of safer stroller walks and an older adult noted it was the first time drivers had ever yielded to her. The pilot boosted community engagement and strengthened momentum for long-term policy updates and future investments in safer, more predictable streets.
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Laconia, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: An accessible patio and pavilion will be built to relocate resident gatherings away from a busy parking lot. This safer space will reduce conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles, especially for residents using mobility devices.
Poughkeepsie, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: New safety features will be added at a popular park, including a speed feedback sign, a flashing pedestrian sign and a clearly marked crosswalk. These improvements will make it safer for people of all ages, especially older adults, to enter the park.
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Newport, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Newport wanted to encourage community members to eat locally grown fresh produce. In partnership with the Jamestown Community Garden, the Center wrote and published the first two chapters of a community cookbook. They then distributed copies of the book through the local food pantry. The first chapter offers tips on cooking with fall produce -- such as zucchini and squash -- and the second focuses on cooking for one. In addition, the center hosted a food expo, which gave residents access to info about local food resources. The community center intends to host similar events in the future.
Indianapolis, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement
Description: Indianapolis has several dangerous intersections where 120 pedestrians have died or been injured over the past ten years. The Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center worked with local teenagers to paint the words 120 Is Enough on the pavement at these locations. Organizers say the message is meant to calm traffic and encourage drivers to be more mindful of pedestrians, cyclists and runners. Installation involved working with the city's Department of Public Works to negotiate local rules governing crosswalk designs. Since completing the crosswalks, project organizers say other local advocates have reach out for guidance to successfully create their own artistic crosswalks.
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