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Laramie, WY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will convert a donated bus into an accessible greenhouse, which will be part of a community garden. The exterior of the bus will be decorated with tiles so that it will double as an art installation.
Bristol, CO
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project installed a garden with raised bed planters and ADA-compliant benches -- as well asan historical mural, veterans memorial and wind sculpture -- at the town's new community center.
Philadelphia, PA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project created four themed gardens -- with themes including Edible and Sanctuary -- at the LandHealth Institute's nursery.
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Newark, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This intergenerational gardening project will provide girls aged 8 to 18 with an opportunity to pair up with elderly residents to garden together and grow produce in an area that is considered a food desert.
Belleville, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Trails
Description: This project installed a new walking trail to connect two streets previously divided by an oddly placed fence. Along the path, the town planted one garden honoring COVID-19 victims and another containing produce the public is welcome to pick.
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