Keep Starkville Beautiful Print

star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

This beautification project will make improvements and repairs to a busy transportation corridor through middle Starkville, enhancing pedestrian safety and overall experience along this travel route.

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Biqi Zhao

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: Grant money was used to enhance the downtown streetscape of this community through the installation of pedestrian oriented infrastructure.

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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. [WWL]

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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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