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Lancaster, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Several walk audits will assess priority downtown routes with older adult and intergenerational volunteers. Community meetings will share findings that inform the development of safety education materials.

High Point, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Southwest High Point struggles with high chronic disease rates and limited car access, making safe walking routes essential. A walk audit brought residents, local leaders and advocates together to examine hazards near schools and recreation centers. The audit flagged broken sidewalks, missing crosswalks and inadequate signage. It also educated participants on pedestrian safety and empowered them to push for improvements. The effort prompted ongoing collaboration through Age-Friendly Guilford and local task forces, ensuring concerns like unsafe crossings on Taylor Avenue remain central to future infrastructure plans.

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Washington, DC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: This project will launch a community walkability and safety initiative to assess and improve pedestrian infrastructure. It aims to enhance mobility by identifying needed sidewalk and crosswalk improvements.

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New Orleans, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Public or private transit access

Description: This project will engage local older adults to ensure their needs are considered in efforts to redesign several bus shelters across the city. The Committee seeks to make public transit accessible, safe, comfortable and climate-resilient for people of all ages.

New Orleans, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other

Description: The organization will prepare and deliver 150 hurricane readiness boxes with food, water and essential supplies. These kits will help older adults stay safer at home before, during and after severe storms.

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