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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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This project will create an accessible community greenhouse, designed by graduate architecture students in collaboration with low-income older adults, to extend the growing season at a community garden.
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Woodbury, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will make improvements to a community garden, allowing older adults and people with disabilities to use the space. Enhancements will include ADA-compliant raised beds, signage and new gardening tools.
Ellington, CT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The town will install a greenhouse at a senior center's garden, which grows produce for the local food pantry. The greenhouse will lengthen the growing season, enabling volunteers to garden during colder months.
Germantown, MD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will support a community garden's operations with workshops on harvesting produce and winterization, as well as community events to tend the space. The garden provides an accessible space for residents to grow fresh fruits and vegetables and address local food insecurity.
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Public space activation
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
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