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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This grant will improve the St. Roch community of New Orleans by replacing an underutilized area with space where people of all ages can engage with each other by caring for a green space, having access to fruit and nut trees and relaxing in safe community space.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

Algiers Small Business Corridor Improvements

New Orleans, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public places

Description: Six bike racks, decorative lighting and a bicycle repair station will be added along a three-block section of Kabel Drive, a commercial corridor in the Algiers neighborhood.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

New Orleans, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Housing

Description: Funds will be used for installing a wheelchair lift.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

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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