Newport, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Transportation

Description: When complete this project will help join three segments of land to form a seven mile waterfront recreational corridor for Newport including trails and a much-needed bridge.

Burlington, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

Project Category: Civic Participation

Description: To elevate the issues of livable communities and their role in the coronavirus crisis recovery, a Community News Service will be created. The service will include a professional editor who will work to place stories with understaffed community newspapers and university students who will serve as reporters writing about creating vibrant and livable communities.