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star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Transportation
The funding was used to show how pedestrian-oriented infrastructure improves public safety, creates a sense of place and provides opportunities for people to gather and interact

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Missoula-Missoula Transportation Planning

Missoula, MT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This project will help create an accessible public gathering space with parklets, seating, art, bike parking and curb extensions along with temporary safety installations at busy intersections.

Cultivating Connections Montana

Hamilton, MT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: DE&I

Description: Older adults will serve as hosts of community gardens in their own yards or elsewhere. Teen volunteers will maintain the gardens, with hosts doing the watering and receiving a share of the produce. The rest will be donated.

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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