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Ketchikan, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will add six raised beds to a garden plot and purchase plants to give older adults the opportunity to grow vegetables and flowers while receiving the physical and mental benefits of gardening.
Washington, DC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will provide ergonomic tools, raised garden beds, misting fans, and accessible seating. These improvements will make gardening more accessible for older adults and volunteers with disabilities.
Ranson, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will add heritage apple trees to a community garden, activating an unused space in the floodplain. Once planted, a trail with a bench will connect the new orchard to the rest of the gardens and an indoor walking path popular with older adults.
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Roanoke, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The project will stage an accessory dwelling unit design competition that will increase public awareness of this housing option. The competition will result in a set of plans that homeowners and developers can use to build an ADU on a single-family residential lot.
Roanoke, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: The project will create an outdoor fitness area with fitness equipment suitable for use by older adults and picnic tables.
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