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2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Public places
└ Park enhancements
└ Park enhancements
This project transformed an Obed River Park shelter into an outdoor classroom. Among other uses, Cumberland County Soil Conservation District held classes there on plant and pollinator identification and monarch butterfly gardening.
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