The annual urban planning conference returns to Lewiston this week, testing some new traffic-slowing measures on downtown streets.
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Build Maine conference gets rolling
Kate Webber of Museum L-A test rides an e-bike during the Build Maine lunch break in Lewiston on Friday. Rainbow Bicycle and the Bicycle Coalition of Maine offered test rides of electric assisted bicycles during the final day of the two-day conference. E-bikes are getting a lot of attention, especially with older riders, Rainbow Bicycle […]
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Build Maine rallies Lewiston arts community
LEWISTON — Artists were playing host Thursday as planning professionals and municipal leaders began arriving for the annual Build Maine conference. At an informal kickoff for this year’s conference, which officially takes place Friday, local artists and arts organizations rallied behind the high-profile mural by an internationally recognized artist to bring momentum to other local […]
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Muralist welcomed by Lewiston community
LEWISTON — If you have not seen it yet, you are probably in the minority. Just a few days after arriving in Lewiston, internationally recognized muralist Arlin Graff is well underway on his mural on the side of the Centreville parking garage, off Pine Street. He plans to finish the work in time for the […]
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Build Maine returns with focus on tangible city projects
LEWISTON — The planners, landscape designers and urban thinkers are taking over Lewiston again — for two days at least. This year, that means a pop-up beer garden, multiple mural projects, workshops and the daylong conference Friday. The Build Maine conference brings together leaders in urban planning, architecture, engineering, local government and other entities each year to […]
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Reactions mixed on Lincoln Street traffic pattern
LEWISTON — The temporary traffic pattern on Lincoln Street, which will be removed Friday, received mixed reviews from commuters, but its designers say the first such project in Maine worked to slow down traffic. The pattern, installed for the Build Maine conference on June 8-9, was designed to give transportation specialists a live look at […]
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Build Maine test new traffic pattern on Lincoln Street
LEWISTON — Dozens of volunteers, wearing reflective vests in the hot sun, placed temporary traffic cones and painted new lines along Lincoln Street on Thursday, testing out a pedestrian and bicycle-friendly traffic pattern for the two-day Build Maine conference. Cans of spraypaint, stencils and cones littered the sidewalks for a brief time as the crew […]
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Urban planners to return to Lewiston for Build Maine
LEWISTON — Urban planners will take over a downtown parking lot for two days in June, converting it into an experiment in urban development. “Basically, they will be activating that parking lot completely, for two days,” said Kara Wilbur, one of the organizers of the Build Maine conference and exposition, returning to Lewiston Bates Mill […]