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Central Falls, RI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project will amplify access to outdoor spaces and recreational opportunities, focusing on residents age 50 and older. It will enhance River Island Park with shade structures and amenities to support healthy aging.

Naknek, AK

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: To keep residents of all ages active, this project set out to update outdoor fitness trails, providing space for people of all ages to engage with each other. Camai Community Center developed a summer walking path and winter ski trail. To offer the community an intergenerational activity, the organization created a story walk, which features pages of a storybook displayed in succession along the pathway. They then hosted invited local elders groups to walk the path with preschool children and read to them.

Lihue, HI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project will support field repairs and maintenance, build storage facilities, and improve restrooms. The league has 14 teams for players age 55 and over.

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Lovettsville, VA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bikeability

Description: The town will install bike racks in front of Lovettsville's town hall, enabling residents to more easily access community events, social activities and local businesses.

Germantown, MD

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will support a community garden's operations with workshops on harvesting produce and winterization, as well as community events to tend the space. The garden provides an accessible space for residents to grow fresh fruits and vegetables and address local food insecurity.

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