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Public Spaces
The nonprofit, its partners and stakeholders conducted pop-up demonstration projects to show how improved street safety and traffic flow for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians can be an economic catalyst in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood and commercial district.

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AARP Chapter 4668 Central Birmingham (2023)

Birmingham, AL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Walkability

Description: The project will increase walkability in Birmingham neighborhoods by using walk audits to evaluate them. The data will be shared with community groups so they can see the challenges that residents aged 50 face, and highlight the need for safer, more accessible streets, sidewalks, paths and trails.

Bush Hills Connections, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Public Spaces

Description: This grant will help expand a community garden by providing seating, a covered area to rest, bathrooms, classrooms, and sanitation stations..

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Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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