San Diego, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public places

Description: A dirt patch at the Linda Vista Community Park will be turned into a garden, providing produce for a local environmental learning center and serving as an alternative food source in an area that's largely a food desert.

El Cajon, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Transportation

Description: This grant will create educational resources for older adults, particularly the community's large Iraqi refugee population, to help them become more comfortable using public transit, and lay the foundation for future transit use.