Friends of Jensen-Olson Arboretum (2024) Print

star-24px 2024 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public places
└ Accessibility of amenities
This initiative will create an accessible concrete path, allowing visitors with mobility challenges to use a bench with optimal views of the arboretum's gardens and canal. This will allow Juneau's senior living facilities to add the arboretum to their outings for provide residents.

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Flyer for ribbon cutting.
Adults in wheelchairs enjoying the view from the new path.
Event to celebrate the opening of the new path.

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