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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This project will revitalize a park in Bennington in a densely populated residential area as an outdoor recreation destination and community gathering place that reaches across generations.

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New bench installed.
Stark Street Park sign.
Planting new landscaping.

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