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Cedar City, UT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public or private transit access

Description: To help people navigate downtown Cedar City without a car, this project installed bus shelters, benches and bike racks. Additionally, project organizers added picnic tables at the site of a local farmers market.

St. Louis, MO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public or private transit access

Description: This project will gather and share stories on how benches near transit positively impact riders and communities, aiming to connect social infrastructure and encourage further investment.

Bismarck, ND

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public or private transit access

Description: To build people's knowledge about public transportation, this project created a series of educational videos. The videos teach residents how to use the transit system -- including local fixed-route bus service. Organizers then used the video content in a series of transit workshops.

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Greenwood, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Walkability

Description: This project will conduct walk audits and host two community meetings with participants, residents and local business owners to discuss the findings.

Oakland, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project will improve the area around a senior center by adding a decorative mural, building a pickleball court and adding a pocket park with benches and raised flower beds.

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