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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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└ Community Gardens
This project will improve a community garden by adding to its enclosure, building raised garden beds and adding walkways and landscaping.
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Brevard, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will expand a community garden for Hispanic families by adding a 50-foot-by-50-foot patch of tilled rows. Cooking, exercise, and gardening classes will augment the physical improvements.
Fulton, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The grant will enable volunteers to create a community garden by planting flowers, weeding and watering garden plots and putting up colorful banners around a neglected gazebo.
Kansas City, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will revitalize an underused community garden to provide organic, free produce and a space for educational programming. The neighborhood association will install irrigation, build sheds, spray fruit trees, rehab raised beds and compost garden waste.
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