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2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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└ Community Gardens
└ Community Gardens
The project will install fencing around garden beds and provide supplies for older residents. Those residents will take over summer maintenance of a pilot garden project at a local elementary school.
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Baltimore, MD
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project upgraded and made accessibility improvements to a community garden in a low-income neighborhood. It created a rain garden and installed a permeable paver path, picnic table, lighting and a canopy.
Macon, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Community Gardens
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Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Community Gardens
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
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