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Akron, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: The project will create a new urban farm for the neighborhood, which is home to African and Bhutanese immigrant families, with individual garden plots and elevated beds for older gardeners.
Indianapolis, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will revitalize a languishing garden and make it inviting and accessible for people of all ages to plant and enjoy flowers, herbs and vegetables. Community members will be able to reserve plots and raised beds will ensure the garden's accessibility for older people and their caregivers.
Jackson, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will turn a flooded green space into a community gardens with raised beds, buckets and an accessible bench. Local senior centers will be invited to use the raised beds for educational classes and outings and produce grown in the garden will be distributed to the community.
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Newark, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: 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.
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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