Keene Awarded Grant to Purchase Wheelchair-Accessible Picnic Tables
Aaron Miller2023-01-04T14:56:03+00:00The Keene Age-Friendly Task Force is pleased to announce that the Cloudsplitter Foundation has awarded the Town $1,000 to use toward the purchase of wheelchair-accessible picnic tables for several public spaces in Town. We hope to raise at least $600 more to finalize the purchase from Essex Industries in Mineville, which employs individuals with intellectual disabilities in fine woodcrafting. The tables have an open space in the seating bench where a wheelchair – or a baby stroller – can pull in. The initiative stems from Keene’s membership, announced last summer, in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. Keene is the first [...]