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Port Royal, SC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: An indoor pool facility will upgrade entry features, adaptive equipment and instructor-led aquatic therapy and safety classes. The changes will support safer movement, recovery and regular use of water-based activities.
Red Lodge, MT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: The project responded to long-standing accessibility challenges at the Roosevelt Center, where uneven ground kept many older adults from reaching the sculpture garden. The Foundation built a 128-foot pathway designed around existing sculptures, added interpretive panels and installed a durable paving system with help from volunteers. Some residents said they appreciated the effort to create safe outdoor access in an environmentally conscious way. The new route guides visitors to ADA entrances, supports rehabilitation activities for older adults and strengthens local walkability efforts.
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Westerly, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: This project will improve walking safety in busy corridors en route to downtown. It will add high‑visibility crosswalk markings on busy streets and offer guided walking tours to help older adults safely reach shops, parks and community services.
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Louisville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: To provide a safe, comfortable space for older residents who are waiting for transportation, ElderServe set out to install a bus stop shelter near a popular Senior Center. Work involved pouring a new concrete slab for the shelter to level out the site.
Louisville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: This project made a series of placemaking improvements to the Woodlawn Avenue business district, located in the Beechmont neighborhood. First, the Center for Neighborhoods added pedestrian-level lighting along the street to improve safety. They also converted three parking spaces into an outdoor cafe space. Originally meant to be temporary, the picnic area's popularity spurred project organizers to create Louisville's first permanent parklet in the spot, which includes a deck, seating, a green wall and planter boxes. Beautification efforts also included activating a nearby alleyway. That included painting a mural for the space, which community members named Beechmont Alley. New, accessible parking spaces helped make the corridor more welcoming to people of all ability levels.
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