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Perry, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project will recruit and train volunteers to become certified CERT members. Training sessions will cover basic first aid, fire safety, and disaster medical operations.
Bethany Beach, DE
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project will feature an event with town and HOA leaders to discuss disaster preparedness plans. Action plans and checklists will be developed for broader community trainings and distribution.
Frederiksted, VI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Disaster Preparedness
Description: This project will implement disaster preparedness training for residents age 50 and older. Participants will learn evacuation procedures, emergency planning, and communication strategies.
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Mosier, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: This project outfitted a new commercial kitchen in Mosier's community center. The kitchen provides free weekly meals, a food pantry and space for nutritional-product development.
Hood River, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement
Description: To demonstrate ways to make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, the City of Hood River created Streets Alive. They held the pop-up event on two busy streets, adding enhanced crosswalk markings, curb bump-outs and a protected bike lane, which kept cyclists separated from cars during the week of the event. More than 1,000 people gathered to walk, bike and engage with their neighbors. The event featured activities such as yoga and dance classes.Following the tactical urbanism project, the City worked to implement many traffic calming and safety concepts permanently.
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