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Herington, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: A series of walk audits will identify potential improvements to sidewalks and crosswalks. Older adult residents will also join meetings with city officials to discuss how to incorporate the audits' findings.
Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Ten older adult riders will conduct bike audits on the trails at and around the community's most popular park. Three audits will identify work needed to accommodate tricycles and other adaptive cycles. The other two audits will identify safe connections on busy access routes.
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.
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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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