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Newburyport, MA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Newburyport Livable Streets focused on safety challenges faced by older adults traveling along busy corridors connecting schools, recreation areas, shopping and health care services. Traffic speed, nighttime visibility and roadway design raised concerns for people walking and biking. The project conducted daytime bike audits and nighttime audits at key intersections, engaging many participants age 50 and over to document conditions. Observations captured issues such as lighting, crosswalk visibility and interactions with vehicles. The resulting reports are being prepared for city officials and advisory committees. The work positioned older adult safety needs within upcoming planning discussions and created a foundation for future roadway improvements.
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Montgomery, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: This project will engage volunteers to conduct two bike audits evaluating safety near Montgomery Whitewater park. County officials will analyze the findings and work toward implementing improvements.
Jerseyville, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Jerseyville had no bike infrastructure, leaving older adults without safe routes to reach grocery stores and other essentials. Bike audits revealed critical gaps, from missing bike lanes and traffic-calming measures, to the need for signage and parking. These findings will guide a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, expected to prompt long-term upgrades and safety education. A local cycling advocate said he was excited to see the city begin this effort, calling it an important step toward improving biking and pedestrian access.
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Salt Lake, UT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing stability
Description: Older adults in supportive housing often struggle with isolation and limited access to shared spaces that support stability. Switchpoint addressed this need by completing a community center within a low income housing site for older adults, creating a central place for daily activities, classes and onsite support. The space gave residents a reliable setting to connect with neighbors, access services and build routines that support independence. It also became a place for shared moments, including memorials for residents who passed away and communal meals that reinforced social bonds. By anchoring services and social life in one accessible hub, the project reduced isolation, strengthened neighbor support and helped residents remain stably housed as they age.
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Salt Lake City, UT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public place improvements to withstand extreme weather events
Description: Poor air quality along Utah's Wasatch Front shortens life expectancy, especially for older adults, and limited tree cover worsens heat islands. To combat this, TreeUtah organized more than 100 planting events statewide, engaging over 3,000 volunteers-including many age 50-plus-to plant thousands of trees. Two events in South Salt Lake added 20 large trees near a local facility for older adulits and included a tree care workshop. These efforts improve air quality, create shaded spaces and foster intergenerational engagement. One participant noted, "There was definitely something for everyone at this event... even my teenager had fun."
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