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Green Bay, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: The project will create a landscaped garden for growing medicinal plants traditional to the Oneida Nation. Signage will describe each plants importance, history and use and community elders will harvest the plants for social and medicinal purposes.

Pearl City, HI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will transform a vacant lot into a garden and gathering space with raised vegetable beds and citrus orchards. The space will host educational workshops and concerts, which will welcome residents of all ages.

Newport, NH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project turned a vacant lot into a dog park and community garden, both fully ADA accessible, with walkways, benches and raised-bed gardens.

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Wheeling, WV

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project will create a pocket park in downtown Wheeling that will feature outdoor art, chess tables and chairs in an ADA-compliant public space.

Wellsburg, WV

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: To support community health and wellness, this project resurfaced two new pickleball courts and enhanced the area with new fencing, paddle racks and a bulletin board to post tournament results.

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