Augusta Recreation and Parks Department Print

2018 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

The Augusta Recreation and Parks Department revitalized the local built environment through installing benches, street trees, and more, improving the safety and comfort of the area.

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Augusta, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Coronavirus recovery

Description: The Soul Soil Initiative is an outdoor concert series of African-American music on African-American owned farmland, bringing awareness to and developing robust program support for two of the hardest hit industries during the pandemic arts/culture and agriculture. Photos, videos, and live-streamed events will be compiled to develop an agri-tourism campaign for the farmers.

Augusta, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This project will create Artist and Locally Grown Fresh Food Vendor stalls adjacent to the Jessye Norman School of the Arts.

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