LEWISTON — Residents of the downtown neighborhoods in Lewiston are invited to a community dinner and tenants’ rights training from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the B-Street Community Center, 57 Birch St. The event is sponsored by the Neighborhood Housing League, a new project of the Visible Community.

The Neighborhood Housing League was started with a grant from Empower Lewiston and the Sparkplug Foundation to help residents in the downtown come together and to inform themselves of their responsibilities as tenants and to learn how to effectively advocate for their rights. 

The first phase of the project is nearly complete and has involved collecting 400 surveys from downtown residents in order to gain a better understanding of the challenges faced by individuals and families in the downtown. The gathering aims to help build community among residents and will offer a training and questions and answers about tenants’ rights.

Residents will share ideas about how to create better housing opportunities for people in Lewiston. Dinner will be provided and the group has invited local musicians to join the festivities.

The Visible Community is a group of downtown residents and community members working on housing and development issues in Lewiston. The group works to create and maintain a vibrant, diverse, high-quality downtown that is residential, has affordable rents and economic opportunity for the people who live here.