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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
An underutilized pocket park will be improved with new lighting a conversation circle with tables and benches where residents can gather in a friendly social space, and improvements to increase access for those with limited mobility issues.

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Pocket park before.
Pocket park after with portable movie screen
Pocket Park schematic plan.

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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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