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Public places
The project will beautify and enhance an underused courtyard by converting it into a community garden to offer garden-grown produce to food pantry clients and provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for the community.

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Building raised garden beds.
Volunteers filling raised beds with soil.
Volunteers filling raised beds with soil.

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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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