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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.
West Point, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will install ADA-compliant sidewalks and benches, making a local park more accessible to older adults and visitors with mobility challenges. The museum in the park welcomes 200 visitors each month, many of whom are older adults.
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.
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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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