Keokuk Parks Foundation Print

star-24px 2018 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

This grant offered fun and affordable exercise for the entire community by installing Pickleball courts.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

Avoca Public Library

Avoca, IA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This grant, allowing purchase of outdoor musical instruments, helped to enhance library green space, and create a gathering place for folks of all ages and abilities

City of Afton

Afton, IA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This grant will develop a portable parklet that can be moved to support social events at various locations and allow more opportunities for people of all ages to engage with each other while shopping, dining, watching parades, and enjoying popular Lawn Chair Nights.

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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