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Maricopa County, AZ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Accessibility of amenities

Description: This initiative will upgrade six recording studios and one computer, which reading volunteers use to record information for people who cannot read print material due to a disability.

Hastings, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Accessibility of amenities

Description: This project will enhance accessibility for pedestrians of all ages at an historic village. Improvements will include a new concrete sidewalk, ramps and barrier-free entries to the village's five buildings.

Powers, OR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Accessibility of amenities

Description: This project will remodel City Halls lobby to be fully ADA-compliant, adding automatic doors, wheelchair access, a widened entryway, and an accessible service counter.

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Minneapolis, MN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: This project will conduct six sessions to prepare for summer storms and flooding. Informational magnets, checklists, and supplies will be distributed. Somali interpretation will be provided.

Minneapolis, MN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety

Description: To help people become less reliant on driving to get around, Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota hosted Bikeable Community Workshops in eight municipalities. Each workshop provided community leaders with resources to make their neighborhoods more accessible and bikeable. Participants included elected officials, city staff, local nonprofits and small business owners. Following the events, BikeMN team members provided on-the-ground technical assistance and expertise to the eight host communities. Participating community leaders and bicycle advocates also formed steering committees to work on bike-friendly community goals going forward.

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