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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public places
The outdoor event provided residents with an intergenerational social and recreational outing during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new Long Acre Trail was dotted with storyboards for StoryWalk, an activity in which hikers can read a story while advancing along the trail.

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Flyer for Kathadin Snowdown event.
Photo collage of people snowshoeing for the story trail.
Photo collage of people ice skating.

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ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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