City of Gardner Print

star-24px 2018 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
Through a pop-up demonstration of a portable parklet, the City of Gardiner began the process of de-emphasizing places for vehicles and encouraging places for people

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Parklet with seating.
Parklet with seating.
Signage on Parklet.

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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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