The logo and rebranding initiative result from over a year of development, including a community input process that hosted 21 focus groups and drew 14,000 survey responses.
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A vulgar political flag flies in front of a Sabattus Street home in Lewiston. The city received a number of complaints about it, but city officials declined to ask the couple renting an apartment there to take the flag down, citing free speech protections. When the building owner learned about the flag Friday, he asked the couple to take it down. This image has been altered to conceal profanity.
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LEWISTON Following the inauguration last month, the yard signs at 1014 Sabattus St. in support of Donald Trump were replaced by a flag stating “F Biden, and f you for voting for him.”
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LEWISTON City officials are planning an overhaul of the Recreation Department, which was hit with budget cuts and saw staff turnover due to COVID-19.
Heading into budget discussions this year, city staff is developing a strategic plan for the department, which officials hope will result in better programs and better utilization of Lewiston’s athletic facilities.
During a workshop discussion with the City Council on Tuesday, Public Works Director Mary Ann Brenchick, who oversees the recreation division, pitched the planning as “a new vision” for the department.
She said the idea is to take a comprehensive look at the past successes and failures of the department, and to develop programs that are more beneficial to the community. The department is looking to collaborate more closely with the school department in hopes of offering more after-school programming, and to make athletic facilities more accessible to the community.
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LEWISTON Get more people here working. Get more people who already work here living here. Open more second- and third-shift child care centers. Lift regional spending, perception and wages.
Shanna Cox, president and CEO of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
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The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released its Blueprint for Economic Growth in the LA Metropolitan Region on Thursday, a slate of goals and short- and long-term ideas to get there, all pulled together by its Regional Roundtable, a membership tier with some of the area’s largest companies.
“It’s an opportunity to be clear about what we think is possible if we work regionally and collectively,” President and CEO Shanna Cox said.