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New Orleans, LA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project will transform an unused lot into an orchard and social community space with fruit trees, benches, bike racks, and accessible walkways.
Palmer Township, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: The project will turn an open space adjacent to the public library into a community gathering area with benches, a sculpture and a garden paying tribute to Native American culture.
Westwood, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: To provide a safe and enjoyable gathering space, the Borough of Westwood created a parklet. Meant to sit in the footprint of a parking space, the parklet was designed to give people of all ages, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds a place to sit and relax in Westwood's central business district.
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Morrilton, AR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project created an outdoor therapy space, designed to be accessible to people of all ages and abilities. Volunteers poured a concrete slab to serve as a play surface. They also added benches and picnic tables onsite.
Heber Springs, AR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: This project will help make needed infrastructure improvements to the largest free meal site in the county, which primarily serves low-income older adults.
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