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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This AARP grant will improve West Center City by building community capacity and social cohesion to strengthen the neighborhood and create livability. Residents specifically requested that the newly constructed Park include this project, realizing that gardens also build community, cohesion and healthful activities.

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Produce display on table in community garden.
Fenced and landscaped entrance to community garden.
Vegetables growing in community garden.

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ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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Wilmington, DE 19801
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