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Phoenix, AZ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: This walk audit will identify potential safety improvements to crosswalks, lighting and pedestrian islands. The audit will help enhance accessibility, particularly for older adults.

Decatur, TX

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: Walk audits in the rural area surrounding a community center will identify pedestrian safety concerns. More than 250 older residents visit the facility weekly.

New York, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: This project will map the walkability and accessibility of three New York City neighborhoods. The data will be shared with city officials, the community, and local businesses to discuss improvements.

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Greensboro, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Pedestrian Safety

Description: A new high-visibility crosswalk with a flashing beacon will be installed at W. Elmsley Drive and Old Treybrook Drive. This project aims to improve pedestrian safety and connectivity for all ages and abilities.

Greensboro, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: Creativity as a Catalyst for Inclusion, a project of the Creative Aging Network, worked to create a community garden and outdoor classroom for community events. Assembling a team of volunteers and community activists, they cleaned up the grounds, built raised garden beds, created walking paths and planted native vegetation. A local artisan created custom benches for the garden, created from the wood of a fallen tree on the property. To bring people into the space, local artists led a series of workshops onsite. Project organizers say activities programmed for the garden are meant to be inclusive and appeal to people of all ages and abilities.

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