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Video: Opening Streets to People

Learn about a 2025 AARP Community Challenge project in Sioux Falls, South Dakota


LOCATION: Sioux Falls, SD 

GRANTEE: Downtown Sioux Falls

By temporarily closing streets to cars and filling the space with entertainment, food, art and activities, the Open Streets event in Downtown Sioux Falls highlighted the need for a more welcoming, walkable downtown. What began as a pilot project was extended into a summer-long series that attracted more than 55,000 people.

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Page published February 2026

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