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Orosi, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: This project will recruit volunteers aged 50 to conduct six walk audits along two busy traffic corridors. The organization will host two community meetings to discuss how to use the data to increase street safety.
Highland, CA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: This safe streets project will improve the area's walkablity for older residents and identify ways to reduce traffic-related fatalities and injuries in the area.
Boydton, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Walkability
Description: This project will conduct walk audits along the Tobacco Heritage Trail branch in Boydton, with the goal of finding ways to increase safety so more people can enjoy it.
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Canandaigua, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Engaging people in transportation options/safety
Description: This project will provide pedicab bicycles, solo tricycles and helmets for county residents age 50 and older. The bikes and trikes will allow older adults to participate in the County's riding events, which emphasize health and safety.
Rochester, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: In the 1950s, construction of U.S. Interstate 490 split Rochester's 16th Ward in two. In recent years, the City of Rochester removed the highway. Hinge Neighbors hoped to bridge the gap between neighbors on either side of the expressway and explore their shared history. To do this, the organization closed the Scio Street Bridge to vehicle traffic. They then created a pop-up community gathering space on bridge, which once spanned the interstate. To activate the space, project organizers added tables, benches, planters and fruit trees. Kiosks displayed information about the neighborhoods, both before and after the highway. Additionally, the event featured live music and food, and organizers provided resources related to community health, design and equity. Since the pop-up event, Hinge Neighbors has worked to include community input in local design plans as Rochester fills in the removed expressway.
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