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star-24px 2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public places
AARP funding will contribute to the upgrading of the park area, which will gain a walking trail, tables and benches, games, and improved paviliion restrooms.

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New playground equipment adjacent to picnic tables.
Picnic tables adjacent to playground.

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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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