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star-24px 2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Public places
ADA-compliant seating and tables, plus a security camera, will be added to an underused terrace outside the library

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Asociacion Puertorriquenos en Marcha

Philadelphia, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Transportation

Description: This project will utilize placemaking tools to begin making small scale, low cost but high impact changes -- including traffic calming and beautifying area fences -- making it safer and more accessible to all users, particularly older adults and pedestrians with disabilities.

Borough of Quarryville

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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2020

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Description: To forge intergenerational bonds and beautify an otherwise blank wall, a mural will be painted at a public park by older and younger residents.

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