Mayodan, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Public art installations

Description: The town will improve a dark pedestrian tunnel by adding lighting, cleaning the space and installing a mural. These updates will make the tunnel safer and more inviting for older adults accessing nearby recreation and trails.

Greensboro, NC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: Creativity as a Catalyst for Inclusion, a project of the Creative Aging Network, worked to create a community garden and outdoor classroom for community events. Assembling a team of volunteers and community activists, they cleaned up the grounds, built raised garden beds, created walking paths and planted native vegetation. A local artisan created custom benches for the garden, created from the wood of a fallen tree on the property. To bring people into the space, local artists led a series of workshops onsite. Project organizers say activities programmed for the garden are meant to be inclusive and appeal to people of all ages and abilities.