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Cleveland Heights, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: The city will hold a design competition to highlight the benefits of accessory dwelling units, particularly for older adults. Residents will be able to access plans for the winning designs for free, making constructing an ADU in the community easier.

Phelps, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: The Phelps Business Development and Tourism Council will hold a design competition for accessory dwelling units and tiny homes, focusing on affordable and accessible housing for adults 50. The competition will involve educational opportunities, marketing, and community engagement to envision new housing options in Ontario County.

Fresno, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: Funding will support a competition that will invite local students and the design, construction and engineering community to design a sustainable accessory dwelling unit that can be used in a multigenerational setting.

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Montclair, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will expand a pilot program that offers digital literacy training to older adults. Participants will learn to use assistive technology to help them age in place, as well as digital messaging tools to keep them informed during emergencies.

Montclair, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: A local Boy Scout troop will work alongside older residents to create a vegetable garden featuring raised beds and an accessible pathway. The township will share produce from the garden with a local food pantry.

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