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Galena, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Supporting family caregivers
Description: The project will support older adults and family caregivers with enhanced digital and in-person programs to alleviate isolation.
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Mesa, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: This project will create an artistic crosswalk and update curbs for ADA compliance near a neighborhood park. The initiative aims to increase safety and access for all residents, especially those age 50-plus.
Tempe, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Improved wayfinding
Description: Over the years, Tempe has worked to become a dementia-friendly city. More than 1,500 of the city's residents have memory loss. To support these residents, the City hosts a weekly memory cafe. Caregivers can network with each other, and people exeperiencing Alzheimers and other forms of dementia can interact with each other and build friendships. Organizers hoped to make the building hosting the cafe more welcoming to participants. To do this, they improvided wayfinding onsite. The City installed signage with easily-understood icons, large print and high color contrast. The signs point people to classrooms, the onsite fitness center, the intformation desk and restrooms.
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