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star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Coronavirus recovery
Strategically installing parklets in Honolulus Kalihi neighborhood will support local businesses as they recover from the pandemic, improve safety and livability of the area streets, and demonstrate larger long-term transit development plans.

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Pop-up parklet with shade cover.
People eating in parklet.

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