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Sleepy Eye, MN

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: The project will create walkable access and rest areas connecting the senior center, museum, Chief Sleepy Eye Monument, Veterans Park, and local shops. It will include benches, trash receptacles, flowerpots, and a mural.

New Orleans, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project will transform an unused lot into an orchard and social community space with fruit trees, benches, bike racks, and accessible walkways.

Elaine, AR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Public space activation

Description: This project will transform an unused pocket park into an ADA-compliant Rest and Recharge Station with solar charging stations, seating, and amenities.

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Hyde Park, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Accessibility of amenities

Description: Elsa French Park is a new pocket park featuring lilacs bushes and gardens planted on the grounds of an historic home. This project ensured the accessibility of the space for residents and visitors of all ages and ability levels. The Village of Hyde Park installed two ADA-accessible picnic tables, along with an accessible pathway with a ramp and detectible edges for visitors with disabilities. Project organizers say the improvements helped lay the groundwork for ongoing development of the site, which they envision as an important gathering space in a community that lacks a central town square. In addition, the Village has repurposed the house on the property to house municipal offices and a community meeting space.

Greensboro, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Park enhancements

Description: To increase enjoyment of outdoor public places, this project built a nature trail and added a deck to the town's pond.

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