Tree Streets residents seek transformation into ‘a neighborhood that people want to live in’

SUN JOURNAL • June 20, 2021

A neighborhood that people want to live in. That’s what some residents of the Tree Streets neighborhood envision when they hear the word “transformation.” It’s a term that’s become ubiquitous with Lewiston’s multi-year Choice Neighborhoods initiative — months of community planning and an application process that became a $30 million reality in late May. The redevelopment grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is slated to bring $100 million worth of investment into the city, creating 185 new housing units in an area where the rate of childhood lead poisoning is higher than anywhere else in Maine.