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star-24px 2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Community Gardens
Funding will be used to purchase raised garden beds and repair the sidewalk around a community orchard and garden.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Gulfport

Gulfport, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Transportation

Description: The grant was used to create Bark Park on an acre of property at the new Brickyard Bayou Park, which is located in a part of the city that was devastated during Hurricane Katrina.

City of Gulfport

Gulfport, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: Funding will be used to create an outdoor interactive program that connects all generations to nature trails and vibrant play areas.

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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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