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Bonanza, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will transform a playground into an accessible space for all ages. It will include level surfaces, shade structures, and benches, promoting improving access for people with mobility challenges.
Willsboro, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will enhance Florence Hathaway Park with shuffleboard courts, an ADA pavilion, and an all-season bathroom. The park will serve residents age 50-plus and promote multi-generational outdoor recreation.
Searchlight Township, NV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: As part of long-term efforts to improve Rex Bell, Jr. Trails Park, the Searchlight Betterment Organization installed a bocce ball court onsite. The courts are open to the public four days a week and participants can check out game sets to use for free. Project organizers say the courts have helped combat social isolation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since construction completed, the site has offered lessons on the rules of bocce ball, and volunteers have stepped in to coordinate local player groups for adults and children
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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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