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Independence, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: The city will add amenities at a new public park, including playground equipment, an ADA-compliant swing set, lighting along a bike and pedestrian trail, seating and landscape enhancements.
Pass Christian, MS
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: The project will add pickleball courts to the city's main park and recreation area, providing a popular amenity to older adults and people of all ages.
La Union, NM
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project will install solar-powered lighting along a community center's walking trail to improve safety and allow people to gather and walk after dark. The organization will also lay crushed rock to prevent soil erosion.
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Ottawa, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Volunteers will conduct bike audits along popular bike commuter routes and potential future trails. The audits will result in recommendations for making walking and biking safer.
McComb, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: McComb prides itself on the public park on the village's east side, which encompasses four baseball fields, tennis and basketball courts, a public pool, two reservoirs for boating, walking and fitness trails and a 36-hole disc golf course. The McComb Economic Development Organization installed drinking fountains and benches around the reservoir, plus a merry-go-round and several swings, including one designed specifically for wheelchair users. The park has remained an important community resource and serves as the location for events, such as the annual McComb Cookie Festival.
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