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Flint, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: To make the Footbridge Park Plaza safer and more inviting, the Carriage Town Neighborhood Association added benches, trash receptacles and a dog clean-up station to the space. They also upgraded lighting, allowing visitors to more safely use the plaza at night. Many Carriage Town residents use the footbridge to walk to and from Flint's downtown. After the improvements, project organizers polled locals and found 80 percent said they were more likely to use the plaza. Neighbors have since begun work on a second plaza nearby.
Yuma, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project installed ADA-compliant picnic tables, benches and bike racks at a new nature park frequented by older adults.
Louisville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project installed three fitness stations in a new public park located in a neighborhood with poor health outcomes.
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Westport, MA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: This project established a fixed-route transportation service for older adults, operating one day per week between common shopping, banking and medical destinations in this rural community.
Bristol, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Walk Audits
Description: The town will prepare for the opening of a new senior and community center by conducting sidewalk audits downtown. They will also hold workshops to recruit volunteers and connect residents with town leaders.
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