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Durbin, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project repaired a public staircase connecting different elevations of the town.
Buffalo, WY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project will display markers on the graves of veterans interred in local cemeteries. The markers recognize and honor each veterans' service.
Millinocket, ME
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This grant will facilitate the transformation of a small, underutilized room into a welcoming and functional seating area in the library. This space will be reimagined to serve a diverse age group, fostering inclusivity and engagement among library visitors to relax, craft, and socialize.
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Salem, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019
Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety
Description: To help residents of Salem get around town, this project activated a vacant downtown storefront to create a pop-up summer program. Free and available to people of all ages and abilities, the program provided hands-on educational opportunities to help assist residents -- and especially older adults -- navigate the local public transit system. It also assisted participants find their way around downtown Salem.
Salem, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project turned an unused outdoor area between two historical glass greenhouses into an accessible space for educational programs on sustainability, multigenerational gardening and social engagement.
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