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Berlin, NH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: This project will involve the purchase of a trailer and equipment for traffic calming pop-ups, promoting safety and walkability in New Hampshire.
Tucson, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: This project will provide portable wheelchair ramps to enhance mobility and independence for older adults. It will help residents access homes and public spaces, reducing isolation and fostering community participation.
Yarmouth, ME
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: This project will test speed tables and crosswalk enhancements on five main corridors to slow drivers from high-speed rural roads. The project aims to improve safety with better visibility and traffic calming measures.
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Birmingham, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: The project will increase walkability in Birmingham neighborhoods by using walk audits to evaluate them. The data will be shared with community groups so they can see the challenges that residents aged 50 face, and highlight the need for safer, more accessible streets, sidewalks, paths and trails.
Birmingham, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project expanded community garden facilities by renovating an existing trailer to provide restrooms, an office and a classroom/meeting space. The upgrades provide indoor space where Bush Hills Connections can host gardening classes. The garden also received new pet waste stations and hand and equipment sanitation stations. The garden -- once an abandoned school property -- is located within a food desert and provides fresh produce to 200 families. Additionally, it is a popular meeting place, particularly with older adults.
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