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Mobile, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will host an ADU design competition among schools in southwest Alabama, providing on-the-job training and constructing ADUs for older adults and veterans using the AARP Housing Design Competition Toolkit and Home Fit Program as program implementation guidelines.
La Crosse, WI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: Older residents needed affordable housing options and flexibility to age in place, but city ordinances blocked homeowners from building accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The city launched a design competition, reviewed 36 submissions and selected three winners, then published all designs online to guide future projects. An awards event drew community members and sparked lender interest in financing packages. These steps accelerated ADU adoption, giving residents access to open-source plans that make age-friendly housing and intergenerational living more attainable.
Carnegie, OK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: The Kiowa Tribe will host a Tiny Home for Elders Design Competition to develop affordable, accessible, and culturally relevant housing for older adults. This initiative aims to generate innovative housing solutions that support aging in place and older adult well-being, while reflecting Kiowa traditions.
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Arcadia, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Pedestrian Safety
Description: This project will install pedestrian-friendly wayfinding signage in downtown Arcadia. The signs will highlight key destinations, historical sites, and cultural landmarks.
Cape Coral, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public space improvements to support recovery after extreme weather events
Description: Hurricane Ian stripped Cape Coral's parks of shade and greenery, leaving recreation areas exposed and vulnerable. Keep Lee County Beautiful responded by planting 80 native trees at the BMX Sports Complex. Volunteers learned proper planting techniques while restoring the canopy, which will cool the area, filter pollutants and reduce stormwater runoff for years to come. The effort sparked community spirit. "Youth had so much fun planting the trees that they stayed around and did a park cleanup afterwards," one organizer said, underscoring how recovery work united residents.
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