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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public Spaces
This grant will expand a successful mural art initiative to more areas of town and activate senior/elder artists as a pilot for the expansion that will contribute to the successful aging of participants.

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Mural at Crown Bay Center
Mural at the McBean Ballpark.
Mural painted along fence.

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St. Croix Foundation for Community Development

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

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The St. Croix Orchid Society, Inc.

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Christensted (St. Croix), VI 00820
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