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star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Diversity and inclusion
Victorian-style wood benches will be installed around Ashland's downtown and local artists will be engaged to install art on them.

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Artistic bench "Water is Life".
Artistic bench "Ashland Snowflakes All Year Round"
Artistic bench "Fishing the Oredock"

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City of Ashland

Ashland, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

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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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