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Video: Opening Streets to People, Closing Them to Cars

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


LOCATION: Sioux Falls, SD 

GRANTEE: Downtown Sioux Falls Inc.

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By temporarily closing streets to cars and filling the space with entertainment, food, art and cultural 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 participants.

Page published February 2026

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