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Raritan, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: A popular park will add shaded seating with backed benches and a rain garden featuring native plants. The project will create a comfortable gathering space and offer hands-on gardening opportunities for residents age 50-plus.
Orofino, ID
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: Disc golf baskets, trail signage and wayfinding markers will be installed throughout a large public park. Clear routes and amenities will help older adults enjoy low-impact recreation with greater confidence.
Moab, UT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: A free outdoor fitness pod will be created, featuring strength and balance equipment in a walkable community space. The project will support healthy aging, fall prevention and social connection.
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Fayetteville, AR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Lifelong housing and accessibility
Description: Sources for Community Independent Living Services provides support and advocacy for individuals with disabilities, their families and the larger community through classes and training. The organization hosted an open house showcasing accessible home design features for aging in place. Participants were able to walk through a home with modifications. Additionally, a film crew documented the event and created two short videos featuring a multigenerational family discussing their experience remodeling their home for greater accessibility. The organization also created an informational poster to promote lifelong housing, distributed 3,000 brochures and held an educational event about lifelong housing with the Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association.
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