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North Adams, MA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: The North Adams Partnership seeks funding for an ADU design competition to address the housing needs of residents age 50 and over. The competition will create affordable housing options, allowing older adults to downsize while staying connected to their community.

Bettendorf, IA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: The Quad City Area REALTORS will host an accessory dwelling unit ADU design competition, focusing on the needs of adults age 50 or over, rental income, and affordable housing. Local students and architects will submit designs, with top entries displayed publicly and eligible for cash prizes.

Montclair, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions

Description: The grant will fund a design competition that will provide homeowners with plans for building accessory dwelling units and documentation for obtaining planning board approval.

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Trenton, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Bikeability

Description: The Trenton Health Team wanted to encourage older residents to take up cycling by increasing the community's access to bikes. The organization launched its bike share program, which they geared toward older residents. They obtained 20 bikes, three adult tricycles and a two hand-powered cycles. Then they piloted the bikeshare during Trenton's annual open streets festival. In 2022, the East Trenton Collective offered up a carriage house on its property as a community bike hub for trainings, events, repairs, storage and lending. To spruce up the site, the Trenton Health Team commissioned a fence made of recycled bike parts and artistic bike racks, as well as signage designed by a local artist. The bikeshare is now permanent, with plans to lend out bikes at the community's senior center.

Stockton, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: This project will conduct a bike audit along a 12-mile stretch of a Scenic Byway heavily used by cyclists. Audit results will be shared with municipalities, land managers, and the general public.

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