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Opa-locka, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: For Opa-Locka residents, the closest supermarket is more than a mile away, making fresh produce in this low-income community hard to come by. The Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation conducted an extensive community engagement process to determine what kinds of fresh produce the community needed most. They then responded by planting 14 fruit trees -- as well as herbs -- in the common area of a multifamily residential development. The CDC also installed lighting, benches and other amenities in the space, allowing residents to gather there.

Sheridan, WY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will enhance a victory garden for older veterans, adding ADA-compliant paths, shade structures and irrigation improvements. The upgrades will increase residents' access to fresh fruits and vegetables, which are grown onsite.

Brevard, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project equipped Brevard's new community garden with raised beds. Additionally, volunteers installed benches in the garden, as well as in the nearby skate park and along the Estatoe Trail.

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Guaynabo, PR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement

Description: To make walking in Guaynabo safer, this project set up to add crosswalks to several intersections along San Patricio Avenue.

Loiza, PR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Improved wayfinding

Description: This project aims to make streets safer for cyclists by adding signs and marking routes so that cars and bicycles can share the road.

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