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Calabash, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: The organization will construct an ADA-compliant sidewalk with lighting and benches between a Senior Center and nearby age-restricted housing. This new connection will remove walking hazards and support daily activity and social access.
Grand Rapids, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: An outdoor fitness court will be built to expand recreation options on the community campus. The space will support gentle exercise, shared activities and everyday use by older adults and nearby residents.
Harrodsburg, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: As the City of Harrodsburg approaches its 250th anniversary, Campbellsville University's Conover Education Center surveyed residents about their preferences for neighborhood beautification. In response to their feedback, the Center made streetscaping improvements to Broadway Street. The organization installed commemorative signs at both end of the street, which identify the road as Kentucky's oldest. The Center also added solar lighting, four native shade trees and concrete planters showcasing holly bushes. The new amenities represent improvements to an area which hosts a local festival. Project organizers say the effort also gave longtime residents the chance to engage with local leaders and share their stories and history.
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Shawnee, OK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: Many older adults in Authority housing faced preventable bathroom hazards that made daily routines risky and aging in place harder. Staff conducted in-home assessments, then supplied practical fixes such as grab bars, shower chairs, non-slip mats and adjustable shower heads. Using HomeFit guidance, they addressed immediate needs and explained the Reasonable Accommodation process for longer-term changes. The effort sharpened staff focus on older adult needs during rehab and construction. In one home, a tenant had used a kitchen chair to get in and out of the tub. Staff installed safer equipment, then helped pursue an accommodation that led to a walk-in shower. The project reduced risks and embedded age-friendly practices in ongoing operations.
Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.
Shawnee, OK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: The housing authority will extend walkways, add an accessible pavilion and install lighting, benches and driver warning signs in two neighborhoods. These changes will create safer routes, reduce conflicts with vehicles and support daily travel.
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