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Rock Falls, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: Blackhawk Hills Regional Council will hold a rural design competition to create scalable, modular blueprints for multigenerational housing. Entries must be affordable, sustainable, and incorporate universal design principles. Winning designs will be freely available for use in Northwest Illinois.
Portland, ME
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: AIA Maine will host a design competition to explore innovative housing solutions for underserved communities. The event will include educational sessions on accessibility, aging in place, and lessons learned from the competition.
Lihue, HI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will create a competition to solicit accessory dwelling unit designs and promote ADUs as aa opportunity for affordable housing, particularly for older adults. It will culminate in a book, available online and free of charge, to further best practices and knowledge sharing around ADU development.
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Canandaigua, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety
Description: This project will provide pedicab bicycles, solo tricycles and helmets for county residents age 50 and older. The bikes and trikes will allow older adults to participate in the County's riding events, which emphasize health and safety.
Victor, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: This project will conduct four walk audits in an area known for heavy automobile traffic, with a goal of providing safer and more accessible opportunities for walking and biking to the village commercial district.
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