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2024 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Transportation
└ Walk Audits
└ Walk Audits
Walk audits through communities surrounding the Canal Street corridor will identify possible pedestrian safety improvements. The area has recorded 1,000 injuries over the course of a decade.
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Easton, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Walk Audits
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High Point, NC
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Walk Audits
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Walk Audits
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