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Red Lodge, MT
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: The project responded to long-standing accessibility challenges at the Roosevelt Center, where uneven ground kept many older adults from reaching the sculpture garden. The Foundation built a 128-foot pathway designed around existing sculptures, added interpretive panels and installed a durable paving system with help from volunteers. Some residents said they appreciated the effort to create safe outdoor access in an environmentally conscious way. The new route guides visitors to ADA entrances, supports rehabilitation activities for older adults and strengthens local walkability efforts.
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Mesa, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: This project will create an artistic crosswalk and update curbs for ADA compliance near a neighborhood park. The initiative aims to increase safety and access for all residents, especially those age 50-plus.
Macon, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Public safety interventions
Description: Uneven sidewalks and overgrown paths near two Macon schools made walking unsafe for students and older adults. The Path to Success project cleared 25 streets, removed over 100 bags of debris and launched a Walking School Bus for more than 100 children. Older adults joined walk audits and served as porch watchers, creating safer routes and stronger community ties. "It inspires school attendance and safety in our most vulnerable neighborhoods," said the project manager. The effort also influenced local violence prevention planning and sparked interest from other schools, positioning the program as a model for neighborhood safety.
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Providence, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Addressing community health
Description: Older adults in Providence often walked to food pantries, but heavy groceries and long outdoor waits made access difficult and undignified. The project distributed grocery carts to 175 guests and created an indoor waiting area with sturdy seating, easing transport of up to 30 pounds of food and providing comfort during high-volume visits. These changes removed a major barrier to food access, helped older adults remain independent. The pantries are now welcoming spaces that connect guests to additional health services.
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Providence, RI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Roadway/sidewalks/crosswalk improvement
Description: Hope Street's design favored cars, limiting safe mobility for people without vehicles. PSC and their partners built a temporary urban trail, converting a parking lane into a two-way path for bikes and scooters and added a bus island. Over 2,000 residents tried the trail and 1,000 shared feedback, with most supporting permanent changes. Comments praised the safer, more vibrant street: "Hope Street feels like a recreation destination... I would come here just to stroll and hang out with friends."
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