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2024 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Public places
└ Community Gardens
└ Community Gardens
The center will provide ergonomic gardening tools to designed for older adults and people with mobility and strength challenges. Tools include hori horis (soil or weeding knives), adjustable telescopic rakes, two-wheeled wheelbarrows and kneeling benches.
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