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Highmore, SD

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The project will rebuild a community swimming pool and make it more accessible for older adults and people with disabilities by adding features such as zero-depth entry, an ADA-compliant lift and in-pool seating.

West Monroe, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: The city will add accessible walking paths, benches and water features to a local botanical garden, making the space welcoming to visitors of all ages.

York, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project will install outdoor musical instruments in a play zone, creating an accessible space for people of all ages and abilities. The musical instruments will offer a meaningful way for adults to interact with children.

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Blue Rapids, KS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project transformed a basketball court in City Park into two pickleball courts. The fast-paced, low-impact game is a cross between tennis and ping-pong and is popular among older adults. To attract more people to the sport, Blue Rapids Community Action Team also hosted an event teaching residents about how to play pickleball, as well as the game's health and social benefits.

Auburn, KS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: This project will replace a recently demolished gazebo -- which was the focal point of a community park -- with a new, ADA-accessible one.

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