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Lapwai, ID

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: The library will convert an unused side lot into a safe, accessible green courtyard featuring benches and garden beds. This space will support outdoor programs and provide residents with a quiet place to relax away from traffic.

Little Falls, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project will create a vibrant outdoor gathering space at the Old Town Hall with age-friendly benches, flower gardens, shaded seating areas, and accessible walking paths.

Sleepy Eye, MN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: The project addressed limited walkable access in a historic district where older adults struggled to reach nearby cultural sites safely. The city upgraded the Chief Monument area with new sidewalks, benches, lighting, trash receptacles and landscaping, supported by volunteers age 60 or over who helped paint fencing and place amenities. These changes improved comfort and mobility and strengthened connections between the monument, museum and nearby parks. Residents said the upgrades made the block look better and easier to navigate. The improvements also support larger revitalization plans, including a future mural that will continue to draw people to the area.

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Brattleboro, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Engaging residents in vibrant public places

Description: After catastrophic flooding exposed gaps in river access and safety, Brattleboro residents-many age 50-plus-joined the Face the River initiative to shape a new riverside park and learn floodplain science. The project delivered bird walks, river ecology workshops and mindfulness sessions, along with tours of restoration sites that engaged over 100 participants. Their insights are guiding permanent projects with ADA trails and amenities, underscoring the need for trails near downtown. The effort sparked lasting momentum for inclusive recreation and resilience planning.

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Putney, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Transportation Other

Description: The project will use walk audit findings to identify pedestrian safety improvements, including crosswalk testing, benches, signage and traffic calming. The effort will improve walkability in a busy downtown area for residents of all ages.

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