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Centennial, CO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Walk audits will allow residents to evaluate access points and busy street crossings along an urban trail. The findings will inform updated trail guidebooks, online resources and signage. They will also help prioritize trail improvements and remove barriers to access.

Whitehall, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: The organization will conduct walk audits along a busy street fronting a large health center. The audit routes will pass by nearby housing for older adults, a city park and schools.

High Point, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: This walk audit will identify walkability upgrades in an urban neighborhood where nearly a third of the residents have no vehicle. Improved public health is a primary goal since the neighborhood experiences the county's highest rate of chronic diseases.

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North Augusta, SC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital Connectivity for Disasters

Description: This project will install satellite internet at municipal centers to improve access to telehealth appointments, online learning and social opportunities. The city hopes high-speed internet access will support community events, workshops, emergency coordination and daily communication with residents.

Augusta, GA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: Organizers with the Augusta Recreation and Parks Department noticed people were driving their vehicles into Henry H. Brigham Park, making park users feel unsafe. This project set out to prevent this, keeping a walking track, basketball court and playground area free from cars and trucks. The Department installed bollards, as well as benches -- which served the dual purpose of giving park patrons a place to rest. Additionally, organizers planted shade trees to make the park more appealing in the summer heat. To draw visitors, the Department also worked to increase recreational programming in the park, including Tai Chi classes.

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