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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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