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Rossville, KS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Trails

Description: This project will create a multipurpose trail to enable safe outdoor exercise and allow older adults to gain the health benefits of walking and biking.

Hebron, NE

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Trails

Description: The Thayer County Walking Coalition aims to provide local residents with opportunities to walk and bike. This project improved trails in the City of Hebron. To create places for walkers to socialize, the coalition added seating areas with shade trees, benches and trash cans. Project organizers installed new signs guiding people to local attractions, including the World's Largest Covered Porch Swing and the site of a World War II POW camp.

Wrightsville, AR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Trails

Description: This project will create a 10-foot sidepath from City Hall to Dollar General and turn the overgrown area behind City Hall into an accessible walking path with seating and shade, improving safety and mobility for older adults.

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Aliceville, AL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Access to high-speed internet

Description: The project will result in new computers, upgraded software and faster internet service at the library's computer lab. The library will also offer technology classes geared toward older adults.

Macon, MS

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project enhanced the Macon Welcome Center with the addition of computers, food prep equipment and audio video equipment, helping it to become a fully functional community center.

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