Salmon, ID

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The city will improve safety and accessibility by resurfacing worn-out pickleball courts with new concrete or asphalt. The courts are particularly popular with older adults residents.

Belle Chasse, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The project addressed the lack of safe places for older adults to walk and gather by creating an accessible walking path and a regulation-size pickleball court. These additions gave residents simple ways to stay active and reduced the need to walk in roadways or rely on limited court hours. Within months, older adults used the new space daily, forming informal walking groups and weekly pickleball meetups. Many said the improvements helped them meet neighbors and exercise more often. The upgrades strengthened social ties, increased park use and established the site as a long-term hub for healthy aging, with plans to add more seating, outdoor fitness features and expanded programming.

Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.

Carrington, ND

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The first phase of a public garden enhancement will add smooth concrete walkways and resting spots to create clear, accessible movement. These features will make it easier to walk through the gardens and spend time outdoors near downtown services.