La Crosse Area Family YMCA Print

star-24px 2018 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This grant will improve the La Crosse community by activating the Community Food Forest at the YMCA for people of all ages to engage with each other by purchasing, installing, and painting colorful benches in this area that is already a communal space for diverse groups.

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New stone bench

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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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