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Providence, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: Residents will help design and install a street mural and traffic‑calming features at a busy intersection. The project will slow traffic, improve visibility and make crossings safer for older adults and other pedestrians in the neighborhood.
Shelley, ID
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: Solar lights will be installed along a 1.5-mile river walk used daily by residents. Improved lighting will extend safe walking hours for older adults during mornings and evenings.
Beattyville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: The project will establish a marked one-mile walking corridor downtown with safer crossings, benches and clear wayfinding signs. Older residents will walk more comfortably between shops and public spaces, supporting daily activity and connection.
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Deming, NM
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: A shaded, accessible outdoor garden featuring raised beds, seating, irrigation and connected walkways will be created at the local Senior Center. This space will support light physical activity, gardening and social interaction for older adults.
La Union, NM
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Public or private transit access
Description: Although La Union's community center campus offered plenty of outdoor space, the space sat largely unused. So La Union Helping Hands set out to activate the area. Volunteers installed a benches and a gazebo for shade onsite. They also added seating and shelter to the nearby bus stop. This allows visitors -- including older adults -- to wait comfortably for the bus. Organizers hope the enhancements foster a vibrant space where residents can connect with each other, instilling a sense of community. Spurred by the project's success, La Union Helping Hands now plans to revamp landscaping, plant a community garden, install even more seating, and improve sidewalks at the community center.
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