Healthy Neighborhoods has been excited to see our partners make progress with their mini-grant awards. Discover the great things happening in these first hand accounts of mini-grant award recipients.
This June, the Healthy Neighborhoods Network held our annual Shared Gifting session and moved forward with funding 19 exciting community projects around our theme of “Community Connections: Rebuilding Community as we Emerge from Covid-19. Click to see all of our funded projects for 2022!
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Read MoreMeet the 5 incoming members of our Board of Directors!
Read MoreCommunity-Focused Architecture considers the labor and materials used in a project as a fundamental part of its design, and prioritizes hiring local workers and using locally-sourced materials so that the project as a whole has the greatest possible local impact. How could this approach help Lewiston get the most out of the $30 million Choice Neighborhoods grant?
Read MoreAfter years of hard work and the contributions of over 400 people who live, work, and play in the Tree Streets, Lewiston secured $30 million in funding from HUD to bring the Transformation Plan to life.
Read MoreCrystal from Presente! Maine shares how their Food Brigade fed over 2,000 people, including 600 in Lewiston, through their Food Brigade, supported in part by a Healthy Neighborhoods Mini-Grant.
Read MoreBridgette Bartlett from St. Mary's Nutrition Center's Lots to Garden program shares how they developed gardener safety kits and hand-washing stations to keep their community gardens open during the pandemic with help from a Mini-Grant from Healthy Neighborhoods.
Read MoreBillie from the Agora Grand shares how Mini-Grant funding helped them weather COVID, capture the elopement market, and keep this iconic Lewiston institution open.
Read MoreVictoria from Safe Voices shares how they navigated a significant increase in call volume to their 24-hour helpline during COVID-19 with the help of a Healthy Neighborhoods Mini-Grant.
Read MoreTri-County Mental Health Services received a Mini-Grant in 2020 to connect residents of Lewiston’s emergency homeless shelter to telehealth counseling services during COVID-19.
Read MoreAmy Sanchez lives in the heart of Lewiston’s Tree Streets neighborhood and received a Mini-Grant to sew and distribute 750 high quality masks to at-risk neighbors.
Read MoreCommunity Credit Union created a neighborhood garden outside their 144 Pine Street, Lewiston branch, benefitting their staff and local organizations with healthy food options.
Read MoreThe Root Cellar distributed school breakfasts, lunches, and homework packets with guided work to over 1,000 students every week in grade levels PreK - 12th.
Read MoreMeet the 14 organizations who received COVID-19 support from our 2020 Mini-Grants.
Read MoreTrinity Jubilee Center renovated their crumbling walkway, ensuring all people have equal access to the vital services they provide.
Read MoreTwo new accessible picnic tables were installed at the PUG and decorated by local artists.
Read MoreMaine Inside Out hosted the Kennedy Park Block Party to bring community members and organizations together to celebrate downtown Lewiston and create a vision for the community's future.
Read MoreVolunteers removed removed 63,268 pounds (31.5 tons) of trash from the Tree Streets, and distributed 120 free trash bins and 30 recycling bins across the neighborhood.
Read MoreHealthy Homeworks transformed an empty lot in the heart of the Tree Streets neighborhood into a community garden and event space called the Pop-Up Garden (the “PUG”), and hosted a grand opening neighborhood event.
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