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Reno, NV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will enhance a park and community garden with shuffleboard and cornhole games, bocce ball courts and benches. The activation will create a safe gathering space, located near schools, older adult housing and tribal communities.
Roslyn, SD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will support site preparation for the new Veterans Memorial Park, part of Main Street revitalization efforts. Improvements will include brick and concrete work, sidewalk construction and tree planting.
Milner, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will revitalize a city park by adding an ADA-compliant shaded pavilion with tables and benches, and improved lighting for visibility. These enhancements will make the park more accessible to older adults.
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Gastonia, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: The Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services beautified a public space near Gastonia's Schiele Museum and the town's library. To encourage residents to get out and walk, the Department added a sidewalk mural at the library, which depicts astronauts on a spacewalk. Museum staff installed an outdoor exhibit about the Solar System. In addition, project organizers commissioned a local metalworks shop to create benches with a celestial theme. Other placemaking enhancements included adding planters and new graphic designs to adorn the nearby transit shelter, as well an amenity map display to help visitors locate nearby trails and greenspace.
Charlotte, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Pedestrian Safety
Description: This project will develop an artificial intelligence safety dashboard to identify dangerous streets and guide infrastructure upgrades.
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