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star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public places
To ensure a pocket park on Main Street becomes the gathering space it was intended to be, critical repairs and upgrades will be installed at the Hope Garden, including accessible seating, trash cans, irrigation repair, and much more.

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Event at Hope Garden parklet.
Two new picnic tables under pergola.
Planing flowers at parklet

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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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