We are
Led by residents of Lewiston's downtown
Trusted by our neighborhood, city and state
Founded and managed by women
We believe
Iteration is the key to success
Lewiston's future is the future of Maine
A hand up is better than a handout
We build
Empowered residents with tangible skills
Neighborhood pride & rehabilitated housing
Community spaces, events & connections
We teach
Home buying, ownership & financial literacy
Home maintenance & tool literacy
Neighborhood stewardship & collaboration
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Amy &
Allie Smith show a rehabilitated housing
unit enrolled in the Renter 2 Owner
program in Lewiston (2021); Members of the first Renter 2 Owner cohort of first-time
Lewiston home buyers (2021); Amy & Allie Smith with an early laminate from the Build-
a-Bed program (2016).
for leWiston residents, by leWiston residents.
building a
thriving lewiston.
A 501(C)3 NONpROFIT ORgANIzATION
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Lewiston
residents learn interior painting in a downtown apartment building (2018); Build-a-Bed
participants paint the final coat of polyurethane on their free new beds (2019); Neighbors
and new friends gather around a table at our downtown Lewiston workshop (2019).
Neighborhood children play a game of cornhole (le ) and enjoy free all-beef hot dogs (right) at Healthy Homeworks' Pop-Up Garden in downtown Lewiston (2019).
Photography (c) Russ Dillingham, Lewiston Sun Journal, 2019.
WWW.healthyhomeWorks.org