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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.
Jackson, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will turn a flooded green space into a community gardens with raised beds, buckets and an accessible bench. Local senior centers will be invited to use the raised beds for educational classes and outings and produce grown in the garden will be distributed to the community.
Arcata, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will support a community garden for a 60-unit apartment complex serving previously unhoused people to improve their nutrition and provide opportunities to socialize. It will include raised garden beds and accessible paths to accommodate residents who have limited mobility.
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Syracuse, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: This project will install projectors and screens to expand the type and variety of programming, events and activities that can be provided to residents at six public housing buildings for older adults and people with disabilities.
Phelps, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The Phelps Business Development and Tourism Council will hold a design competition for accessory dwelling units and tiny homes, focusing on affordable and accessible housing for adults 50. The competition will involve educational opportunities, marketing, and community engagement to envision new housing options in Ontario County.
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