Silver City MainStreet Print

star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This project will install a traffic calming mural, wayfinding and new landscaping to improve safe pedestrian access to the Big Ditch Park, increasing engagement, physical activity, economic activity downtown, and livability of residents 50 plus and all ages.

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Group painting colorful crosswalk.
Two people standing by mural on brick wall.
Sign pointing to Big Ditch Park.

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Silver City MainStreet

Silver City, NM

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public places

Description: Large photos depicting historic flooding in the area will be posted downtown and a game area will be established nearby.

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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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