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Kansas City, KS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will revitalize an underused community garden to provide organic, free produce and a space for educational programming. The neighborhood association will install irrigation, build sheds, spray fruit trees, rehab raised beds and compost garden waste.
Florida City, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will use aeroponic gardening as an alternative to traditional gardening methods, bringing residents of various ages together to cultivate plants. The produce will go to community fridges and choice pantries, where older people can obtain food at no cost.
Charleston, WV
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will create a community garden, with the goal of producing fruit and vegetables that will be part of the food pantry boxes delivered each month to older residents.
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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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