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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Public places
└ Park enhancements
└ Park enhancements
The project will install pickleball courts in a local park, providing older residents with access to the increasingly popular sport.
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: To improve its recreation facilities, the City of Estherville asked residents for their ideas about how to improve local outdoor spaces. In response to this feedback, the City added special playground swings at the community's parks that are suitable for users of various skills, sizes and ages. The generation swings are two swings in one -- a combined adult swing and a swing for babies and toddlers. This enables children to swing face-to-face with their adult.
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