KNOX Inc. Print

star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

Staff and volunteers rebuilt the Broad Street Community Gardens raised beds so the planters could be used by children, older adults and people with disabilities.

LEARN MORE AND STAY INFORMED

Find articles and resources about making communities more livable for people of all ages

Visit AARP.ORG/LIVABLE
people icon

Download or order free publications from AARP Livable Communities

Check out the Livable Library
download icon

Sign up for the free, weekly, award-winning AARP Livable Communities eNewsletter

Subscribe now!
mail icon

Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

Citizen's Advisory Committee (CAC) & Town of Stafford

Stafford, CT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Transportation

Description: This grant created safe accessibility to walkable areas in the outdoors, while expanding social opportunities for residents, through improving the Rive Walk Trail.

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: By installing a new accessible picnic area along a greenway and activating it with programming this project will seek to improve the quality of life and promote a range of health benefits for residents and visitors

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.

See all nearby grantees

Connect with your AARP State Office

AARP has offices in all 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

AARP Connecticut State Office

21 Oak Street
Suite 104
Hartford, CT 06106
United States

Phone: 866-295-7279
Fax: 860-249-7707
Email: [email protected]