AARP Community Challenge 2019 Grantees

• Washington, D.C.: Safe Routes Partnership
  Grant funds will be used to bring awareness to traffic safety concerns in the city's Bellevue neighborhood through walk audits and traffic calming demonstrations.
  

Florida

• Gainesville: City of Gainesville
  Gainesville will host a month-long "Smart City Pop-up Living Lab" to engage residents in hands-on interactive exhibits that encourage thoughtful community dialogue on data, connected technologies, and quality of life. Physical exhibits will be made mobile when possible and will be offered in a digital format for web-based engagement.
  
  
• Pensacola: Keep Pensacola Beautiful
  New landscaping, shade trees, pollinator gardens and waste receptacles will be installed at a musical instrument garden, which will ultimately help increase the public's use of and engagement with the space.
  

• St. Petersburg: Florida Dream Center, Inc.
  To help reduce and address code violations, this project will engage residents through door- to-door outreach and make improvements to a number of homes in the community. 
  
  
• Tallahassee: City of Tallahassee
  A new 860-foot linear park, with a  bench swing, accessible water fountain and signage, will connect two existing neighborhood parks, as well as a 16-mile rail trail to the coast.

Georgia

• Atlanta: Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
  To help improve the safety of a notoriously dangerous street for walking and bicycling,  small-scale, inexpensive traffic calming devices (including a painted bike line, bollards, a parklet and signage) will be installed, tested and refined.
  
  
• Cuthbert: Andrew College
  A town square and adjoining alleyway with newly painted murals that is a frequent gathering place for people of all ages will receive 12 new benches, lighting and a pergola.
  
  
• Newnan: Newnan Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Newnan Program
  By activating a neglected alleyway, funds will help provide a vital connection to an interactive trail system that will span the downtown.
  

Hawaii

• Honolulu: Waikiki Community Center
  Grant funds will be used both to increase pedestrian safety through a public awareness program and to help beautify the community through painted utility boxes with cultural images and refreshed plantings for select streets. Photo Album
  
  
• Kailua-Kona: PATH~Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii
  To encourage healthier lifestyles and build on Kailua-Kona's current bikeshare system, this grant will add three additional stations and 27 additional bikes along with free memberships and programming to up to 100 residents.
  
  
• Kaneohe: Rotary District 5000 Foundation and Rotary Club of Honolulu
  This project will add a pocket park with shade trees, paths and seating in Waikiki's high-rise-filled, urban environment.

Idaho

• Boise: Idaho Walk Bike Alliance
  To support neighborhood efforts to calm traffic, this project will provide training and free loaner materials for residents to conduct pop up demonstrations in their communities. 
   
  
• Driggs: City of Driggs
  The project will install one concrete outdoor foosball table and one concrete outdoor chess/game table and stools in a new public plaza space in the downtown area. State Video
  
  
• Sandpoint: Kaniksu Land Trust
  To allow people of all ages and abilities to enjoy nature, this project will develop a half mile nature trail with seating in a peaceful, undeveloped setting. Photo Album State Video

• Victor: Valley of the Tetons Library
  A public library will undergo improvements to increase the accessibility of the building for members of the community including new steps and an outdoor area with free internet access. State Video

Illinois

• Chicago: The Recyclery Collective
  In collaboration with local artists, this project will create "Art Potholes" to repair streets riddled with potholes. 
  
  
• Chicago: Rogers Park Business Alliance
  A safe and inviting community space in a small public plaza called a "People Spot," which includes benches, plantings, and wayfinding and related beautification elements, will be created in a high pedestrian traffic area of the Clark Street commercial corridor.

• Chicago: Elevate Energy
  This project will help low-income senior homeowners make comprehensive renovations to their two-unit buildings. The improvements include making accessibility upgrades and addressing deferred maintenance which will ultimately make the buildings less costly and stressful to operate, and add a new source of income for homeowners. 

Indiana

• Fort Wayne: Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center
  This project will make the Mount Vernon Park Neighborhood a more walkable, safe, and healthy community by installing improvements in neighborhood public spaces (community sidewalks and right of ways) that celebrate the diversity, history, and culture of the area and by hosting intergenerational community events. Article

Iowa

• Des Moines: Iowa League of Cities
  This project aims to demonstrate smart cities innovation in rural communities by holding educational workshops on data analytics in local government, followed by an immersive quick-action demonstration project.

• Dyersville: Dyersville Economic Development Corporation
  As part of flood recovery efforts, grant funds will support amenities for a community plaza and amphitheater created in a block of green space near downtown riverfront development.

• Glidden: City of Glidden
  This project will create a trail that will connect the city's Aquatic Center and Northland Park and will include safety features to allow for safe highway crossings as part of the trail. 

• Harlan: City of Harlan
  This project will create a StoryWalk, a trail that combines walking with stops for reading a narrative, which is an innovative way to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time.

Kansas

• Coffeyville: Coffeyville Area Community Foundation, Inc.
  This project will help to transform a newly resurfaced sidewalk into a 2.5 mile fitness tour.
  
  
• Wichita: City of Wichita
  The city will purchase 50 hotspot devices bringing the project total to 90 devices. Video

Kentucky

• Danville: Community Arts Center
  Grant funds will help facilitate mosaic workshops with students at the Kentucky School for the Deaf with the goal of including their contributions in a large, visible piece of public artwork installed on one of the most prominent buildings in town.
  
  
• Lexington: Seedleaf
  The project will provide gardening tools and resources designed for use by older adults that will be accessible to residents volunteering at a free u-pick garden.  

• Louisville: Louisville Metro Government
  This project will address pedestrian safety issues by prioritizing pedestrian access to nearby amenities at a family life center and neighborhood park. Enhancements include improved visibility at crosswalks, upgrades/repairs to infrastructure and beautification.

• Newport: ReNewport
  This project will enhance access and use of current bus routes in the neighborhood by adding seating, as well as other beautification and amenities for bus stops, such as bike racks, trees, flowers and trashcans.

• Pikeville: City of Pikeville
  Grant funds will help create a vibrant public place — a civic plaza and outdoor arts venue — that will revitalize underutilized space in downtown. 

Louisiana

• New Orleans: Water Wise Gulf South
  Funds will help establish a community orchard and garden to be used as a gathering space for events and green infrastructure demonstration projects.
  
  
• Opelousas: City of Opelousas
  This project will help to create a more vibrant main street through accessible outdoor seating for four public gathering spaces, picnic tables that allow wheelchair access, and ADA-compliant benches. 

• Tallulah: City of Tallulah
  Funds will be used to create new crosswalks designed to beautify the area, help increase physical activity, and draw attention to the crosswalks for drivers who may not be familiar with the area.

Maine

• Belfast: Aging Well in Waldo County
  This project will help create and enhance public spaces within two libraries in the community by making repairs, beautifying the spaces and increasing accessibility.

• Blue Hill: Healthy Peninsula
  This project will support the development of a Traveling Tool Table — a collection of useful, affordable devices to help older people remain independent — that will be launched at local libraries, some of the most popular gathering places in the community.
  
  
• Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon Community Partnership Corporation
  To help residents age in place, grant funds will go toward a Tool Library to provide easy access to tools, especially for older adults in the community and volunteers who assist them.
  
  
• Old Orchard Beach: Old Orchard Beach Community Friendly Connection
  This project will contribute to community efforts to revitalize and re-energize an entire block by engaging the neighborhood in a collaborative effort to clean up, restore, and refresh Atlantic Courts Park and Washington Ave district, including a walkable sidewalk demonstration. 
  
  
• Portland: Portland Trails
  This project will upgrade a rustic trail in an urban greenspace into a trail that is accessible to wheelchairs and people of different abilities and improve access to walking, cycling options, and areas of natural beauty.
  
  
• Presque Isle: City of Presque Isle
  The improvements to the Bike & Walking Trail will help increase use of the paved, lit trail, residents' movement and health, and opportunities for community member engagement. 

Maryland

• Baltimore: Fells Point Main Street, Inc. and The Society for the Preservation of Fells Point and Federal Hill
  "Sunday in the Street" will convert streets in Fells Point to a car-free community space twice a month, allowing the residents and visitors to enjoy all that the area has to offer in a protected setting closed to motorized traffic.
  

Massachusetts

• Belchertown: Town of Belchertown
  This project will be used toward wayfinding components of the Lake Wallace Sensory Trail that helps to improve quality of life for residents, provide new recreational and educational opportunities, and contribute to the town's economic vitality. Photo Album

• Boston: City of Boston
  Age-friendly benches will be installed in each of the main street districts to help engage older residents and enhance local economic activity. This project will go toward developing a framework for a sustainable city-wide bench program that addresses longer-term issues of installation and maintenance. Video

• Chelsea: City of Chelsea
  Using community designed public art and quick build place-making tools, this project will beautify and activate one full city block on Division Street. This is the first important step to link the heart of downtown with the waterfront via a low stress neighborway street. 
  
  
• Lynn: Beyond Walls, Inc. 
  This project will construct and activate a custom parklet program, creating public space platforms that convert curbside parking and other elements of the streetscape into vibrant community spaces. 

Michigan

• Detroit: The Literacy Center
  Designed to develop an innovative transportation model for seniors, veterans and the disabled, this pilot project will deploy electric autonomous passenger shuttles for the purpose of medical appointments, pharmacy visits and community shopping.  Video
  
  
• Lansing: Allen Neighborhood Center
  A bike repair station will be installed in Hunter Park allowing community members, neighbors and visitors to the area to service their bicycles independently.

Minnesota

• Grand Rapids: Get Fit Itasca and Itasca County Family YMCA
  This project will create a focal point for pedestrian use of a river bank near downtown by installing public art, a map kiosk, and benches to encourage socialization and connection among people of all ages and abilities. 
  
  
• Northfield: FiftyNorth and Age-friendly Northfield
  To encourage attendance by older adults and people with mobility challenges, this project will improve access to the city's numerous outdoor events by providing seating positioned and reserved specifically for seniors and handicapped individuals. 
  
  
• St. Paul: Hamline Midway Coalition
  This project will create an improved pedestrian path buffered by raised planters, enhancing pedestrian accessibility and safety for residents and shoppers reliant on walking and transit.

Mississippi

• Gulfport: City of Gulfport
  This project will add a safe weather pavilion and benches at a new bike trail system in Brickyard Bayou Park which is an area being revitalized since it was ravaged by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  
  
• Jackson: City of Jackson
  The City of Jackson will use Open Streets design practices to engage residents of the downtown community by activating new public spaces for people of all ages to interact with each other. Designing a parklet with a large mural backdrop and ground mural for safe crossing will enhance public safety by improving pedestrian accessibility. Video 
  
  
• Starkville: Keep Starkville Beautiful
  This beautification project will make improvements and repairs to a busy transportation corridor through middle Starkville, enhancing pedestrian safety and overall experience along this travel route.

Missouri

• Raytown: Raytown Chamber of Commerce Building Foundation, Inc.
  This project will provide amenities to encourage residents of all ages to use the Rock Island Trail by developing interactive areas for residents to rest, engage in bicycle maintenance, hydrate, and procure useful, relevant information about the community. 
  
  
• St. Louis: Trailnet
  Grant funds will be used to alter a closed portion of Laclede Avenue to install a parklet with public seating, placemaking, and planters. These improvements will shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians, offer a safe resting place for cyclists, and create a new, inviting public space for customers and visitors.

Montana

• Anaconda: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
  This project will allow the purchase of ADA-compliant accessible picnic tables with attached benches enhancing the dining experience of senior residents, enriching their event experience through socialization.
  
  
• Bozeman: Western Transportation Institute
  A traffic calming project — including improvements to pedestrian crossings, curb extensions and traffic circles — will offer an opportunity for continued engagement with neighborhood groups to optimize designs that make their streets friendlier for all. 
  
  
• Missoula: Montana State Parks Foundation
  By adding a new ADA-compliant covering for the entrance to a cave maintained by the state park system, this project will expand guided recreation to people with physical disabilities who have traditionally been left out of caving, spelunking, and speleology activities.

Nebraska

• Grand Island: Grow Grand Island, Inc.
  Way-finding totems will be strategically placed to help residents and visitors more easily navigate through historical features in the community. 
  
  
• Hastings: City of Hastings
  This project will add needed amenities, such as stations where you can rest and hydrate, at activity centers throughout an existing walking trail.

Nevada

• Carson City: Brewery Arts Center
  Improvements and enhancements — including new lighting and benches — to the area's bus stops will encourage residents to take advantage of public transportation that will allow them access to the art center's many events, classes, services and galleries. 
  
  
• Henderson: City of Henderson
  This grant will improve community gardens in the City of Henderson and educate residents on maintenance for long-term success. 

New Hampshire

• Derry: Marion Gerrish Community Center
  In an effort to further promote community bonding and to encourage multi-generational connections, this project will purchase several outdoor yard games (such as cornhole, bocce, chess, Jenga, Connect Four, and others) for use in space around a community center. Photo Album

• Goffstown: Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail
  New wayfinding and informational signage will help make the community's rail trail safer for users of all ages, as well as provide helpful destination information and enhance safety at road crossings.

• Lebanon: UVLSRPC
  This project will develop an Open Data Portal to host data and maps in an accessible and interactive framework that encourages community engagement and dialogue around housing, particularly for the needs of underserved groups.

• Londonderry: Town of Londonderry
  This project will install ten park benches throughout the Town Common and Kent Allen Town Forest to enhance accessibility to public open spaces.
  
  
• North Conway: HomeShare MWV-Gibson
  This project will include launching a website to inform and facilitate HomeShare matches between homeowners with extra living space and homeseekers willing to live in shared spaces.

New Jersey

• Dunellen: Borough of Dunellen
  This beautification project will organize the community to help build and install shade trees, benches, and pollinator plants, as well as paint an existing footbridge to increase the vibrancy of a public park.
  
  
• Teaneck: Township of Teaneck
  This project will help increase connectivity among township-sponsored activities by improving the safety conditions of Teaneck's pedestrian walkway network and fostering healthy lifestyles for all.

• Westwood: Borough of Westwood
  Grant funds will go toward building a parklet to provide a safe and enjoyable area for residents to sit and relax while in the business district. 

New Mexico

• Albuquerque: Barelas Community Coalition 
  This project will provide enhancements — including lighting, shade, signage and more — to The Marketplace, a welcoming gathering space that bring together young and old to eat, play, and learn together in a creative hub built by the community for the community. 
  
  
• Farmington: City of Farmington/Downtown Farmington: A Main Street Project
  Redesigning more than six blocks of Main Street will provide a slower, safer, pedestrian-friendly downtown for all users. This redesign will include the addition of lighting, shade, trees and amenities that will redefine the pocket plaza into a lively area for all ages to gather and socialize.
  
  
• Silver City: Silver City Main Street
  This project will install a traffic calming mural, wayfinding, and new landscaping to improve safe pedestrian access to Big Ditch Park, increasing engagement, physical activity, economic activity downtown, and livability for residents of all ages.

New York

• Champlain: Village of Champlain
  A freestanding launch port system for kayaks, canoes and stand up paddle boards will encourage use of the lake and provide physical activity opportunities for residents of all ages.
  
  
• Kingston: City of Kingston Live Well Commission
  This project will encourage the use of an urban park by installing concrete chess tables with seating to allow a space for people of all generations to engage in chess play. Photo Album
  
  
• Saratoga Springs: City of Saratoga Springs
  Grant funds will be used to install a temporary two-way cycle track, parking and wayfinding to enhance general safety and to make biking more accessible for residents and visitors of all ages and abilities.

North Carolina

• Asheville: Buncombe County Recreation Services
  A musical garden including Lilypad Cymbals, a Tenor Tree, Tuned Drums, and Flower Gongs  will be incorporated in an existing intergenerational space which will allow visitors of all ages to interact with each other, socialize, and enjoy the community.
  
  
• Charlotte: Sustain Charlotte
  The grant will be used to add trails and wayfinding signage to an underutilized park to increase recreational activity and connectivity between neighborhoods and create a more walkable, bikeable, public transit-friendly environment for people of all ages and abilities.
  
  
• Mount Airy: Mount Airy Parks and Recreation 
  This project will encourage engagement for people of all ages and promote physical activity, socialization, and a family atmosphere by adding benches, bike racks, signage and trees to community parks. 
  
  
• Trenton: Town of Trenton
  Heroes Park will honor the heroes that saved so many during the Hurricane Florence storm. The park will be developed with senior mobility in mind, including a hero's memorial, beautification, and a space for entertainment.

North Dakota

• Forman: City of Forman
  This project will add seating, an arbor to provide protection from sun and elements, and beautification, including planters to help revitalize a declining part of town and transform it into a practical area for people to meet and visit.
  
  
• Jamestown: Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department
  This project will use "Walk/Bike 2019!" as a quick action event to inform and catalyze the community, assess public support, and gather data necessary to improve livability for people of all ages.
  
  
• West Fargo: City of West Fargo
  An assortment of game tables with chairs will be installed in the new city-owned plaza to create an environment that is inviting and accommodating to people of all age groups.

Ohio

• Leipsic: Village of Leipsic
  This project will create a more inviting gathering space for people of all ages through new outdoor games and a fire pit area.
  
  
• Lorain: City of Lorain
  This project will create and expand Lorain's welcoming, safe, and accessible network of destinations. Enhancements to Falbo Park will create an equitable and reliable place for intergenerational physical activity, play and community cohesion.

Oklahoma

• Anadarko: Delaware Nation of Oklahoma
  This project will enhance the community by providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables through raised garden beds and will provide healthier lifestyle options and educate the community to make healthier lifestyle choices. Video
  
  
• Elk City: City of Elk City
  This grant will improve the Elk City Community Garden and help it reach people of all ages in our community by adding table gardens and benches. These additions will encourage social activity, opportunities to learn about gardening and healthy lifestyles, and availability of fresh vegetables.
    
• McAlester: City of McAlester
  The City of McAlester will transform an underutilized parking lot into a greenspace through quick-action place-making using flexible amenities and behavior observations. This innovative approach will develop an interconnected and intergenerational space near healthcare, retail, and services to increase the quality of life for residents of all ages.
  

Oregon

• Portland: APANO Communities United Fund
  This new pilot program will engage elders in the Jade District and teach them to use technology to increase mobility and connect to community resources. 
  
  
• Salem: Center 50+/City of Salem
  This project will activate a vacant downtown storefront to create a pop-up summer program that is free and available to people of all ages and abilities. It will also provide hands-on educational opportunities to help assist citizens, especially seniors, with navigating the public transit system and downtown wayfinding. 
  
  
• Talent: Talent Maker City
  This project will improve older adults' engagement with the downtown community by using innovative intergenerational programming focused on empowering older adults to use STEAM skills such as carpentry, screenprinting and more in the city's downtown "maker space."

Pennsylvania

• Allentown: United Way of the Greater LeHigh Valley
  The project will improve a public space adjacent to a senior center and an area of the community used by people of all ages by adding tables, benches and chairs, lighting and flower beds. 
  
  
• Philadelphia: Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha
  This project will utilize placemaking tools to begin making small scale, low cost but high impact changes — including traffic calming and beautifying area fences — along Germantown Avenue, making it safer and more accessible.
  
  
• Philadelphia: City of Philadelphia, Office of Community Empowerment & Opportunity
  The eviction prevention landlord-tenant mediation program will utilize mediation, financial assistance, information, and referrals to reach mutually agreeable solutions in landlord-tenant disputes, reduce eviction and displacement, and foster vibrant, inclusive communities for residents of all income levels. Video
  
  
• Pittsburgh: Grounded Strategies
  This grant improves the Hill District by recrutiing volunteers to help activate reclaiming vacant land in the community.
  
  
• Malvern: Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC)
  Grant funds will support large-print, bi-lingual bus schedule signs that will improve the livability and accessibility of bus lines by making the bus system easier to interpret and use, as well as increasing the number of senior and Spanish-speaking riders.
  
  
• Upper Darby: Upper Darby Township Community Development
  This project will help bring renewed activity, improve safety and add a dynamic feel to downtown Upper Darby (a multicultural gateway community into Philadelphia from the suburbs) by installing lighting, seating, and a mural along a path to a shopping and service corridor. 

Puerto Rico

• San Juan: Sila M. Calderon Foundation, Inc.
  This grant will contribute to improve quality of life for community residents by providing workshops, external resources, technical assistance, and community outreach events. These efforts will contribute toward increasing income and strengthening small business and jobs creation. 

Rhode Island

• Pawtucket: Pawtucket Division of Senior Services, Leon Mathieu Senior Center
  The project will create an Outdoor Activity Center that includes seating, planters and large-scale outdoor game stations, all of which are designed to encourage older adults and community members to socialize, exercise, and enjoy nature.   
  
  
• Providence: Amos House
  This project will improve access to fresh food in South Providence by developing a volunteer managed garden. Food harvested from this project will be prepared and served in the local soup kitchen that provides over 130,000 meals to community members each year. Photo Album

South Carolina

• Anderson: Anderson Arts Center
  This project will revitalize a public space with a mural and a community garden, which will open opportunities to educate residents in art as well as produce food to help those in need. Photo Album
  
  
• Charleston: American College of the Building Arts 
  This project will engage the community to build and install benches and a new pergola to create a community gathering space that will improve rural livability, community engagement, and support residents of all ages to relax and gather in this public space. 
  

South Dakota

• Fort Pierre: Fort Pierre Community Gardens
  This grant will improve Fort Pierre by developing a community garden, providing an opportunity for people of all ages — but particularly those over 50 or with disabilities — to grow a garden. The garden will also promote social interaction, physical activity in the outdoors, and fresh produce for a healthy diet.

• Lemmon: Lemmon Public Library
  This project will enhance the lives of people in the community by providing the infrastructure in an existing place (library) to give them an opportunity to combat loneliness and promote community.

• Pine Ridge: Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
  This grant will improve multigenerational access to a playground proposed for the Regenerative Community Development project ensuring that users of all ages and mobility will be able to access and enjoy periods of prolonged activity. 
  
  
• Sioux Falls: Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc.
  This grant will improve walkability in two areas of downtown Sioux Falls by funding crosswalk enhancements that will calm traffic and create a more accessible and appealing public realm while improving safety and comfort for people of all ages and abilities. Photo Album

Tennessee

• Athens: Habitat for Humanity of McMinn County
  This grant will improve McMinn County by enriching the life of a local 50-plus family who is currently living in sub-standard conditions by providing housing, as well as training and resources, for the homeowners.
  
  
• Clarksville: City of Clarksville
  The grant will increase pedestrian activity by providing Clarksville's citizens and visitors wayfinding signs near underutilized parking lots and structures less central to the downtown area. 
  
  
• Memphis: The Works, Inc.
  This grant will improve South Memphis and its Soulsville neighborhood by simultaneously beautifying the street and improving cyclist and pedestrian safety. A site-specific artistic crosswalk will help foster a sense of civic pride for neighborhood residents. 
  
  
• Nashville: Urban Housing Solutions
  This project will improve the Mercury Courts community by enhancing common amenities and reduce social isolation by providing space for older residents to gather and build relationships. It will also foster engagement in visioning and design for future redevelopment.

Texas

• Allen: City of Allen
  This project will enable the purchase of four eWheels EW-29 Electric Tricycles to provide new, innovative programming at a community center designed to promote physical outdoor activity.
  
  
• Brownsville: City of Brownsville
  This project will transform and activate Brownsville's 14th Street Plaza by installing wayfinding, adding creative placemaking elements that support local artists, providing seating options for people of all ages, and adding landscaping elements. Photo Album
  
  
• Richardson: City of Richardson
  This project will help improve and enhance the connectivity, mobility, and safety of Richardson residents, workers, and older adults who rely on public transit. Specifically, this project will showcase short-term alterations to improve a key corridor that currently serves as a barrier to pedestrians and lacks on-street bicycle infrastructure.

Utah

• Cedar City: Iron County Tourism Bureau
  This project serves as a catalyst for better connectivity and walkability along three blocks of Cedar City's University Boulevard through pedestrian safety enhancements, wayfinding signage, open space amenities, bus shelter and public art.
  
  
• Green River: Epicenter
  This grant will demonstrate and encourage new housing options for low-to-moderate income older adults by constructing a model "Frontier House." This model will be developed with input from older adults and include a focus on accessibility and low maintenance that will help residents age in place in their community. 

Vermont

• Bennington: Town of Bennington, Office of Community Development
  This project will revitalize a park in Bennington in a densely populated residential area as an outdoor recreation destination and community gathering place that reaches across generations. Video
  
  
• Newport: City of Newport
  When complete, this project will help join three segments of land to form a seven-mile waterfront recreational corrider for Newport including trails and a much-needed bridge.  
  

Virgin Islands

• Christiansted: Virgin Islands Trail Alliance and Partners and St. Croix Foundation for Community Development
  To enhance physical activity and social engagement, VI Trail Alliance and Partners will use this grant to install a permanent bike lane, with benches and bike racks, that extends around Historical Christiansted Town. Video

Virginia

• Bedford: Town of Bedford
  This project will add benches, bike racks, signage and trash cans along three walk and bike loops, integrating public art into benches and bike racks. The entire project will be done while capturing public input.
  
  
• Richmond: City of Richmond Health District
  Much-needed pedestrian amenities, including benches and directional signage, will be provided through this grant for walking loops on the south side of Richmond that connects low- to moderate-income residents to the neighborhood grocery and downtown. 

Washington

• Seattle: Pike Market Food Bank
  This project will help spruce up the Pike Market Food Bank with directional signage making it easier for individuals with disabilities and hundreds of low-income and senior residents to access the space.  Photo Album
  
  
• Seattle: Pike Place Market Foundation
  This bountiful volunteer-run space that provides produce to the Pike Market Food Bank will be upgraded to increase its capacity for production and made more accessible for all. Photo Album
  
  
•  Seattle: Rebuilding Together Seattle
  This grant will fund three key projects that will improve the Southeast Seattle Senior Center's visibility, increase ADA-compliant parking, and engage and connect a diverse range of community members. 
  
  
• Seattle: Sound Generations
  Sound Generations will partner with Hopelink on educational efforts to help those in need understand and access a variety of transportation options, which will increase independence and mobility leading to enhanced social engagement. 

West Virginia

• Charleston: City of Charleston
  The grant will help make the East End Community Park more inviting and appealing for all ages by adding a splash pad, playground stuctures, suitable lighting and greenery. 
  
  
• Kingwood: Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission
  Trailhead Park will be improved and made more accessible through this grant with directional signage, a picnic table, bike rack and bench.  In addition, the grant will help fund several pilot programming activites to increase social engagement for all residents.

Wisconsin

• Bayfield: Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands, Inc.
  This project will help residents, especially those with reduced and limited physical abilities, to access and enjoy nature by installing a wheelchair accessible walkway in the North Pikes Creek Wetlands. 
  
  
• Beaver Dam: City of Beaver Dam
  To help residents engage and enjoy their community, grant funds will be used to improve the Mural Walking Tour by adding benches along the trail that showcases 17 murals of memorable images of historic significance.
  
  
• Berlin: City of Berlin Parks and Recreation Department
  The City of Berlin will improve outdoor space and stir up residents' creativity by hosting a bench painting contest. Winning selections will then be placed in a park for all to enjoy. Photo Album
  
  
• Ellsworth: Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce
  Utilizing tactical urbanism techniques, Ellsworth will use this grant to engage the community in revitalizing the East End corridor through a "then & now & future" walking tour and opportunities to create a charming, pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use neighborhood for all to enjoy. 
  
  
• Greendale: Village of Greendale (Health Department)
  Older adult focus groups pinpointed a need that this grant will fill for directional signage, benches and walking path maps in Greendale.  
  
  
• Sheboygan: City of Sheboygan
  This project will enhance the city of Sheboygan's downtown historical walking tour of nearly 100 historic structures and events with signage, an online app and paper maps for non-computer/smartphone users. 

Wyoming

• Jackson: Town of Jackson
  The historic Town Square will be improved by involving the community in the design of an improved public space — including bike parking for adaptive cycles — on Center Street in downtown Jackson. 
   
  
• Sheridan: North Main Association
  This project will help deliver on a vision of an ideal visit to the parks in Sheridan, including for the visually impaired and those with balance issues, by adding a gazebo, picnic tables and benches to area trails.