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star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Through work with residents at two rural affordable housing locations, this project will provide the expertise and materials to plan, grow and preserve food in community garden spaces to support healthy eating and social connections, and ease food insecurities.

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Raised garden bed for residents.

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Central Vermont Council on Aging

Washing, Orange & Lamoille Counties, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

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City of Montpelier

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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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