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star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public places
This project will create a welcoming, safe, vibrant public courtyard featuring furniture created from the beloved Heritage Oak that once stood in the same location bringing the community together for education, entertainment, and social well-being.

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Installing plants for garden.
Attendees at ribbon cutting event.
Artistic tree medallion sign at garden entrance.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

SquareOne Villages

Eugene, OR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: Grant funds were used for construction materials to complete an ADA-compliant tiny home in Emerald Village, an affordable housing community of 22 tiny houses.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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