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star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces

Project Description

Grant money was used to add drinking fountains, acquire swing sets suitable for children and adults with disabilities, and install benches at park reservoirs so visitors could sit near the water.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Findlay

Findlay, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: The city will use grant funds to install a pickleball court area at a community park to encourage social interaction and the use of outdoor spaces.

Salem Lutheran Church

Toledo, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This project will install a bus shelter and provide an adjacent pocket park with new benches and seating.

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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