AARP Hearing Center

Videos about AARP Community Challenge projects will be added to the subject folders (below) as they're created.
Visit the AARP Community Challenge landing page: AARP.org/CommunityChallenge.
Arizona
Washington
California
- San Francisco: "Pop-up” Events Help Older Adults Get Online (2022)
Florida
Hawaii
Kansas
New Jersey
- Jersey City: Closing the Digital Divide, Together (2022)
North Carolina
Rhode Island
California
- Los Angeles: Golden Age Park (2019)
- San Francisco: "Pop-up” Events Help Older Adults Get Online (2022)
Florida
- Miami: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Legacy Couples (2021)
- Miami: Providing a Place to Sit While Waiting for a Bus (2018)
Georgia
- Athens: Advancing African American History in Athens (2021)
- Atlanta: Legacy Resident Retention in Atlanta (2022)
Hawaii
- Kaunakakai: Kapuna (Elders) Learn About Computers from Teens (2022)
- Hilo: A Theatre-on-Wheels Comes to You (2021)
Minnesota
- Falcon Heights: A Place of Peace for Community Healing (2020)
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: Elders' Story Café (2018)
- Philadelphia: Encouraging Neighbors to Meet and Mingle (2017)
Rhode Island
- Providence: A Cookbook Connects Elders and Teens (2022)
- Providence: Finding Beauty in a Community Garden (2021)
Delaware
- New Castle County: Connecting Neighbors to COVID Resources (2020)
Maine
- Millinocket: An Age-Friendly Winter Event Brings Joy (2020)
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Arizona
California:
- Santa Cruz: Helping to Build an ADA-compliant ADU (2017)
Florida:
- Pensacola: Tiny Houses Can Help Reduce a Huge Affordable-Housing Shortage (2022)
- Pinellas Park: Helping Older Adults Safely Age in Place (2024)
Georgia:
Kentucky:
- Louisville: Increasing ADU Awareness (2021)
North Carolina:
- Banner Elk: Youth Groups Build Wheelchair Ramps at Summer Camp (2023)
- Craven County: A Tiny Home is a Second Chance (2022)
Ohio
- Cleveland: Repairs to Age in Place (2022)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: Helping Mediate Landlord-Tenant Disputes (2019)
California
- Los Angeles: Creating A Park for People of All Ages (2019)
Georgia
- Athens: Advancing African American History in Athens (2021)
- Macon: Using Chess (and Checkers) to Reconnect a Community (2017)
Hawaii
- Hau'ula: A Walking Path at a Community Gathering Space (2022)
- Hilo: A Theatre-On-Wheels Comes to You (2022)
- Honolulu: Promoting Paths to Parks (2018)
- Lihu'e: Expanding an Urban Garden Expands Community Integration (2022)
- Lihu'e: Bus Stop Murals Mirrors the Beauty of Kilauea (2022)
- O'ahu: Habitat Restoration Reconnects the Community to Nature (2021)
Idaho
- Blaine County: Celebrate Spring with Thousands of Daffodils (2021)
- Boise: A Cargo Bike Brings Games to Play (2022)
- Driggs: Outdoor Games (2021)
- Emmett: Self-Service Locker Opens the Library to Patrons at All Hours (2022)
- Glenns Ferry: A Rural Park for All Ages and Abilities (2020)
- Kuna: Rethinking An Empty Parking Lot (2017)
- Lincoln County: An Indoor Walking Loop Leads to Intergenerational Fitness (2021)
- Pocatello: Small Gardens Benefit Families in Large Ways (2021)
- Potlatch: Historic Railroad Building’s Restoration Returns the Building to the Community (2021)
- Victor: Valley of the Tetons Library (2019)
- West Gooding: Library’s Seating Area Becomes the Community’s Gathering Place (2020)
Indiana
- Fort Wayne: Renovating a Residential Roadway (2017)
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
- Boston: Installing Benches for An Age-Friendlier City (2019)
- Chelsea: La Plazita is the Place for Games and Services (2023)
Minnesota
- Falcon Heights: A Place of Peace for Community Healing (2020)
Mississippi
- Gulfport: Transforming a Floodplain into a Dog Park (2017)
- Jackson: Activating Public Spaces with Murals and Crosswalks (2019)
Nebraska
New Hampshire
- Manchester: Furnishing A Waterfront Park (2017)
New York
- Buffalo: Neighborhood Discovery Pays Dividends (2020)
- Buffalo: Creating A Community Space from a Vacant Space (2017)
North Dakota
- Bismarck: Installing a Walk-Bike Trail (2017)
North Carolina
- Brevard: Sowing Seeds of Intergenerational Connectivity Through Gardening (2023)
- Brevard: Growing a Community Space in a Garden (2022)
- Navassa: Telling the History of the Gullah Geechee and the United States (2023)
- Southport: Honoring Those Buried in a Historic Cemetery (2021)
Oklahoma
Ohio
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: Elders' Story Café (2018)
- Philadelphia: Encouraging Neighbors to Meet and Mingle (2017)
Rhode Island
- Central Falls: Transforming A Corner into A Garden for Neighbors (2022)
- Providence: Strawbale Gardening Can Be Anywhere (2023)
- Providence: A Cookbook Connects Elders and Teens (2022)
- Providence: Finding Beauty In A Community Garden (2021)
- Woonsocket: New Opportunities to Exercise and Socialize Outside (2022)
Tennessee
Vermont
- Bennington: Creating an Intergenerational Park (2019)
California
- Long Beach: A Taxi Service Enables Older Adults To Get Where They Need To Go (2023)
- West Sacramento: Offering More Ways for Older Adults to Get Around (2018)
Connecticut
- Bridgeport: Hitting the Ground Walking Video (2021)
Florida
- Miami: 'My Transit, My City’ Program (2022)
- Miami: Providing a Place to Sit While Waiting for a Bus (2018)
Idaho
- Ada County: Helping Boise Businesses Support Biking (2021)
- Cascade: Connecting Walking Trails in Cascade (2020)
- Hidden Springs: Improving The Hidden Valley Trail for All Seasons (2021)
Kentucky
- Louisville: Creating Safer Streets and Places to Sit (2018)
- Whitesburg: A Trail (with AARP Benches) Enables People of All Ages to Walk to Town (2021)
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Springfield: Training Residents to Conduct Walk Audits (2023)
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
- Bethlehem: Making Bike Maps Easier on the Eyes (2023)
North Carolina
- Charlotte: Making It Fun to Wait for A Bus (2018)
- Greenville: Teaching Pedestrian Safety in a Traffic Garden (2022)
- Raleigh: Bike Audits Identify Safety Concerns (2024)
Rhode Island
- Newport: Scenic Cycling for Veterans (2023)
- Providence: A Temporary Bike Lane Starts Safety Conversations (2022)
South Carolina
- Charleston: Creating Colorful Crosswalks (2018)
- Myrtle Beach: Artists Helped Provide Information About Street Safety (2020)
Tennessee
Texas
- Fort Worth: Improving Safety on A Residential Roadway (2017)
- Houston: Walking Together in Houston (2023)
- Houston: A "Pop-Up" Tool Kit is Used to Create a Bike Lane (2020)
Virgin Islands
- Christiansted: Installing a Connected Bike Trail Around Town (2019)