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2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

This project will create a safe and inviting community space in a small public plaza, called a “People Spot,” which includes benches, plantings, wayfinding and related beautification elements in a high pedestrian-traffic area of the Clark Street commercial corridor.

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Batavia, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: A one-day event educated residents about mobility from different perspectives, including walking, bicycling, pushing a stroller and traveling in a wheelchair.

Chicago, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: People Spots were installed in three communities on a rolling basis, promoting economic development, walkability and community gathering, all vital to a better quality of life.

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