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LEWISTON Twenty-two Maine teams applied for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Communities Challenge with ideas to lift up their local economies.
A Twin Cities effort aimed at “marginalized racial, income and social groups” has been picked as one of eight moving on to the next round.
“The core team of the L/A Working Communities Challenge is representative of a wide range of backgrounds, life experiences, professional expertise and is largely led by BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) individuals,” said Safiya Khalid, a Lewiston city councilor and one of the effort’s leaders. “These folks have wide understanding of issues in the communities and will be a vocal advocate on this work.”