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Falcon Heights, MN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: The Philando Castile Peace Garden Committee prepared the site of its planned memorial garden honoring Falcon Heights resident Philando Castile, who was killed by police in 2016. The Committee completed surveys of the property, conducted soil testing and created renderings of the planned garden. They created mockups of a fence designed to feature community art, as well as a remembrance bench. The Committee also hosted community work days, where volunteers prepared the soil and planted greenery. In the months since, the Committee has continued to raise private donations for the garden's creation and long-term upkeep. They recently completed accessible pathways, the remembrance bench and art at the site. Located at the site of the 2016 shooting, the garden is designed to give visitors a space to collective reflect, explore solutions to combat violence and foster community agency.
Viborg, SD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will renovate and upgrade a community picnic shelter by improving accessibility, safety, and usability—including ADA-compliant seating, electrical upgrades, and enhancements designed to better serve residents aged 50-plus.
Pratt, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: An ADA-compliant concrete ramp will be added to the restroom building at Green Trails Park. The ramp will allow people using wheelchairs, walkers or strollers to enter the restrooms safely and independently.
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Lillian, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space improvements to increase high-speed internet availability
Description: Broadband upgrades and digital literacy classes will be added within the park setting. These improvements will support online access, learning and shared community activities.
Pensacola, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement
Description: The Gonzalez Street Shareway in Pensacola is a wide, busy road dominated by cars. To demonstrate how the thoroughfare could accommodate both vehicles and pedestrians, Bike Pensacola conducted a one-day demonstration of traffic calming features. Bike Pensacola fabricated traffic circles and temporarily narrowed the roadway from four to two lanes. To test out the traffic control measures, about 300 bicyclists participated in a slow ride along the Shareway, cycling between three Pensacola parks. Additionally, Bike Pensacola partnered with local businesses and organizations to bring a local art market to the shareway including a sidewalk book sale, food trucks, self-guided walking tours and a scavenger hunt.
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