Brand the Moth Print

star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public places
The 'Explore Your Greenway' project will create a digital, GPS-guided tour of 15 community murals, public art and historic sites connecting four neighborhoods on the Charlotte Greenway and a bright, community-based mural, led by local artists volunteers, will be added to the trail.

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Mural in overpass tunnel.
Painting mural in overpass tunnel.
Painting mural in overpass tunnel.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: Grant funds financed a communal meeting place made up of swings to encourage social interaction across a range of culture, generations, and socioeconomic make-ups.

Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services

Gastonia, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

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Description: This grant will add playful and educational sidewalk graphics, new flower beds and benches to help activate an existing public space.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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