<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Curious if anyone in the group has/knows if their Main Street organization ever applied for <a href="https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/info-2024/2024-challenge.html?CMP=EMC-DSM-NLC-OTH-LC-1771001-195203-7924574-NA-01102024-LivableCommunities-F1-2024challenge-BTN-ALL-Community-&encparam=WEQXZk0Q6CjtGSDxs%2b2usfap5v2wUjUKHSZK3wnY%2fZQ%3d">AARP's Community Challenge</a> quick-action grants. Seems like a great resource for funding downtown projects and would love to hear how the application process went for anyone that has previously applied. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Laura Scully </b>(She/Her)</font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Main Street Program Coordinator </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">City of Monmouth, Oregon </font></div><div><a href="mailto:lscully@ci.monmouth.or.us" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">lscully@ci.monmouth.or.us</font></a></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">(503) - 983 - 4559</font></div><div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">Serving at the City of Monmouth through the <a href="https://rare.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank">RARE AmeriCorp Program </a></font></div><div><img width="96" height="85" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x8ahwgy6z1ODXBgIa-qCYsOjct9ikCQkWrHw-cNaTqp3AHEhw6zEIgIFC8zUizsdgv78uRrRw"><br></div><table cellpadding="0" style="width:482px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:478px"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>