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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This project will transform an empty lot into a vibrant public space with a covered stage, seating, and raised garden beds.

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Flyer to purchase a brick and support Main Street Community Theater.
Future home of Main Street Community Theater and banner.
Theater under construction.

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ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

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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