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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Civic Engagement
└ Developing projects based on residents' priorities
└ Developing projects based on residents' priorities
The project will support a Reading Across Robertson bus that will provide older residents and school students with access to library books and intergenerational activities.
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Pittsburgh, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
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Philadelphia, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: To help reconnect Chinatown neighborhoods divided by the creation of the Vine Street Expressway, this project invited older residents to provide input in reimagining the public space through a pop-up event.
Chula Vista, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: To honor community elders and bring awareness to the value of older adults in the community, the City of Chula Vista invited older residents to submit photographs and stories of their lives. They then selected several to adorn banners, which the City displayed on light posts along major streets. Additionally, the banners included the URL for a website where residents can read the featured stories and find age-friendly resources. This program ensures that the older adults in our lives know that they are appreciated for the important role they have in our community, Mayor Mary Casillas Salas said.
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Nashville, TN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
Description: Students from local historically Black colleges and universities will provide computer training for older adults. The pilot project will include sessions covering online skills for health care visits, estate planning and financial management.
Clarksville, TN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019
Project Category: Improved wayfinding
Description: To encourage people to park their vehicles and travel on foot, the City of Clarksville installed signs near underutilized parking lots, which display directions and walking times to destinations around downtown. The hope was that knowing the time commitment for walks would give pedestrians confidence they could manage city distances comfortably. At its Shop Small Saturday event in 2020, the City set up a booth to talk with passersby about the signs. Project organizers reported shoppers were surprised to learn how short walks were from destination to destination. The signage is part of a larger effort to promote active transportation -- such as walking and biking -- in Clarksville.
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