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Rancho Cordova, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: This project will conduct a bike audit of Rancho Cordova's first-ever roundabout project, followed by a meeting with city public works staff to discuss findings and next steps.

Baltimore, MD

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: This project will audit streets in and around Mount Clare frequented by active mobility users. Residents will be canvassed about their mobility needs to identify areas needing better cycling facilities.

Jerseyville, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: Bike audits will identify possible locations for bike lanes, with the goal of connecting the north side of town to two grocery stores on the south side. The organization will recruit older adults will be recruited to participate in the audits.

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Skokie, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Disaster Preparedness

Description: This project will provide disaster preparedness training to staff at agencies supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Wilmette, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Bikeability

Description: Environmental advocacy group Go Green Wilmette raised awareness of cycling through tactical urbanism, which involve short-term, low-cost changes meant to inspire longer-term improvements. The organization staged a village bicycle ride in partnership with the Wilmette Park District and Bike Wilmette. Along the route, the group installed a temporary protected bicycle lane. They did this using a pop-up toolkit they created, which includes planters, stencils and signs for use in temporary demonstrations. Go Green Wilmette later redeployed these items at school bike rodeo safety events and made them available to residents to use at block parties. In 2021, Wilmette's village board approved its Master Bike and Active Transportation Plan. Shaped by community input, the plan aims to improve pedestrian and cycling access to the Village's business district, parks, schools, transit stations and other destinations.

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