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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Transportation

Project Description

A new concrete and brick pathway and wayfinding signage will be completed to improve the ability of people of all abilities to access a new park connected to the community’s Main Street.

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Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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