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star-24px 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public Spaces
A vacant, overgrown lot was turned into a usable space by planting no-mow grass that, once established, grows only 6 inches high and needs mowing only twice a year.

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Borough of Quarryville

Quarryville Borough, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

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Description: To forge intergenerational bonds and beautify an otherwise blank wall, a mural will be painted at a public park by older and younger residents.

York County History Center

York County, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

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Description: A mobile recording booth will be used to collect important stories of diverse, intergenerational community members whose stories will be used at local events, festivals, schools and senior centers across the county.

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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