TLCBD is excited to announce we have been selected to receive a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant! We are one of 260 grantees selected from across the United States, and we’re excited to use these funds to create enjoyable and enriching experiences for seniors in the Tenderloin.
With this grant, our Inviting Space team will transform Dodge Alley, a neglected alleyway in the Tenderloin burdened with intense open air drug use and violence, into a healthy, activated, and aesthetically positive community experience for nearby families and seniors. Temporary activations such as live music and art performances, outdoor dining, and art, chess and gardening classes for residents will serve as the pilot for more permanent community-led physical improvements including a living green wall, planter boxes, murals, and colorful design and lighting elements. The alley will be transformed into space for seniors to sit and relax, play bingo, and neighbors to gather to eat, chat, and enjoy performances.
About the AARP Community Challenge
The Community Challenge funds innovative projects that inspire change in areas such as transportation, public spaces, housing, diversity and inclusion, civic engagement, coronavirus recovery and more.
This is all part of AARP’s nationwide work on livable communities, which supports the efforts of neighborhoods, towns, cities and counties across the country to become great places for all. AARP believes that communities should provide safe, walkable streets; affordable and accessible housing and transportation options; access to needed services; and opportunities for residents to participate in community life.
To learn more about the work being funded by the AARP Community Challenge across the nation – including all 260 granted projects this year, visit aarp.org/CommunityChallenge. You can also view an interactive map of all Community Challenge projects and AARP’s livable communities work at aarp.org/livable.
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