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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Walk audits through communities surrounding the Canal Street corridor will identify possible pedestrian safety improvements. The area has recorded 1,000 injuries over the course of a decade.

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Accessory dwelling units, tiny homes and manufactured housing

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Albany, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

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