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Brevard, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will expand a community garden for Hispanic families by adding a 50-foot-by-50-foot patch of tilled rows. Cooking, exercise, and gardening classes will augment the physical improvements.
Fulton, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The grant will enable volunteers to create a community garden by planting flowers, weeding and watering garden plots and putting up colorful banners around a neglected gazebo.
Iola, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will provide raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a solar energy kit and a heater and fan to make a community garden more accessible to community members of all ages throughout more the year.
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Carlisle, IA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project set out to enhance the City of Carlisle's walking trails and downtown area. To achieve this, the City installed benches, planters, bicycle racks and banner-sign mounts. Those improvements helped Carlisle contribute to its goal of becoming a more walkable city with an attractive, functional downtown.
Unionville, MO
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project will upgrade an outdoor space at a senior center with patio dining sets and improved lighting. The center is located on a public square that is the site of a weekly farmers market and other community events.
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