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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This project will create a year-round accessible indoor urban garden with benches and lighting to provide a space for intergenerational, educational experiences.

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Volunteers in front of hoop house.
Inside hoops house with planter beds.
Volunteer with wheelbarrow in front of hoop house.

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