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Centennial, CO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: Walk audits will allow residents to evaluate access points and busy street crossings along an urban trail. The findings will inform updated trail guidebooks, online resources and signage. They will also help prioritize trail improvements and remove barriers to access.

San Diego, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: This project will invite older volunteers to participate in bike audits along a multi-use path to identify possible safety improvements for the route. Participants, residents and city officials will then meet to discuss how the audit's findings.

Santa Fe, NM

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: A series of bike audits will evaluate safety and accessibility at intersections and along city streets. The findings will help improve connections to multiuse trails, since many streets lack well-maintained, protected bike lanes.

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Royal Oak, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The city will add accessible seating and picnic tables to the local senior center and nearby park. The benches and tables will replace dilapidated amenities that are not ADA-compliant.

Madison Heights, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: The Love Garden at the Chinese Community Center is popular with Madison Heights residents. To make the space more accessible and welcoming, the Association of Chinese Americans expanded the garden with a greenhouse, gazebo and new benches. The greenhouse enables the organization to grow more plants and involve new community members, and serves as a service and storage area for the annual Healthy Gardening Fair. With its contemplative environment, the gazebo offers an inviting, safe gathering place for community members to gather for meditation, Tai-Chi and light exercise. Organizers hope the upgraded amenities help improve residents' physical and mental health.

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