Growling Garden Print

star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Civic engagement and "Smart Cities"
Families will receive a raised-bed garden, soil, seeds, and plants to make a successful food-producing training program, vegetable, and herb garden for the season.

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Volunteers building raised garden beds.
Volunteers filling raised beds with soil.
450 seed packages made.

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Description: This grant improved Pocatello by allowing residents to activate current public spaces and create new spaces with amenities necessary for social gatherings.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

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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