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Tempe, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018
Project Category: Improved wayfinding
Description: Over the years, Tempe has worked to become a dementia-friendly city. More than 1,500 of the city's residents have memory loss. To support these residents, the City hosts a weekly memory cafe. Caregivers can network with each other, and people exeperiencing Alzheimers and other forms of dementia can interact with each other and build friendships. Organizers hoped to make the building hosting the cafe more welcoming to participants. To do this, they improvided wayfinding onsite. The City installed signage with easily-understood icons, large print and high color contrast. The signs point people to classrooms, the onsite fitness center, the intformation desk and restrooms.
Tempe, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: Tempe will host an ADU design competition to create accessible housing for adults age 50 and older. The competition will produce a library of standard ADU plans, reducing design costs and permit challenges for homeowners.
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