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Cleveland Heights, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The city will hold a design competition to highlight the benefits of accessory dwelling units, particularly for older adults. Residents will be able to access plans for the winning designs for free, making constructing an ADU in the community easier.
Tampa, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will promote accessory dwelling units as an affordable, accessible housing option through a design competition. Teams from local architecture firms, as well as participants from high school and college architecture programs, will present their ADU designs.
North Adams, MA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The North Adams Partnership seeks funding for an ADU design competition to address the housing needs of residents age 50 and over. The competition will create affordable housing options, allowing older adults to downsize while staying connected to their community.
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Erie, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will add accessible seating and a .25-mile all-weather walking path to a public park. These improvements will create a vibrant space for residents of all ages and abilities to gather and enjoy the outdoors.
Princeton, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: To give residents access to books, food and art, this project will create 26 little free libraries, pantries and galleries throughout town. Each site will be identified with a letter with a related theme, such as using A to represent aging.
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