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Duluth Age-Friendly (2022) Print
2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Civic Engagement
└ Developing projects based on residents' priorities
└ Developing projects based on residents' priorities
This project engaged teams of participants to design solutions that will make the city more age-friendly, with a focus on areas such as housing, transportation and more.
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Chula Vista, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: To honor community elders and bring awareness to the value of older adults in the community, the City of Chula Vista invited older residents to submit photographs and stories of their lives. They then selected several to adorn banners, which the City displayed on light posts along major streets. Additionally, the banners included the URL for a website where residents can read the featured stories and find age-friendly resources. This program ensures that the older adults in our lives know that they are appreciated for the important role they have in our community, Mayor Mary Casillas Salas said.
Philadelphia, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: To help reconnect Chinatown neighborhoods divided by the creation of the Vine Street Expressway, this project invited older residents to provide input in reimagining the public space through a pop-up event.
Pittsburgh, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: This project interviewed older residents about Lawrenceville's history and their firsthand experiences in the neighborhood. Lawrenceville United made those stories available on a history website and displayed them through public art.
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Duluth, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: This project will invite older adults to become vibrant participants in Duluth's farmers markets and mobile grocery program by increasing opportunities to connect through volunteering, community visioning and intergenerational play.
Duluth, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
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