Bayside Business Breakfast Club — Stacy Begin, lead — Betsy Boyd, board liaison
The Business Breakfast Club agreed to a new coupon idea for the fall cleanup rather than a raffle. This year every volunteer will receive some kind of discount from participating businesses. The group also discussed lending more support to the Baysider through an advertising program. The group is moving forward with a visitors’ map and applied for a $500 micro-grant through the city’s sustainability office to finish the project. Next meeting is Sept. 24th at the Maine Access Immigration Network on Oxford Street.
BNA Citizens’ Trash Brigade — Megan Holt, lead — Rob Sylvain, board liaison
Annual BNA Fall Community Cleanup, Saturday September 20th 10am-noon. Every fall for decades Bayside neighbors and friends have come together to clean up our streets and sidewalks and enjoy each other's company in preparation for winter. This year every participant will be given a valuable Bayside Business Coupon Card, good for deep discounts at sponsoring Bayside restaurants, shops, services, venues and vendors.
Relevant Developments Team — Amelia LaBreck, lead — Jim Hall, board liaison
Councilor Michniewicz will address the board tonight regarding the former Federated Property now in city hands. A representative from Maine Music Alliance will address the board regarding the Live Nation project. Full list of current property development projects here: https://tinyurl.com/bnaprops
Tech Team — Joey Brunelle, lead — Jim Hall, board liaison
New deadline for submissions to the next issue of the Baysider is September 3rd. Advertising is being solicited to offset printing costs. Johnny Sylvain has successfully ported the google calendar, contacts, and email forwards to the new admin account.
Garden Team — Holly Picotte, lead — Susan McClosky, board liaison
The garden is in full bloom and is looking very beautiful!
Tree Team — Avery Yale Kamila, lead — Susan McClosky, board liaison
The Tree Hugging event sponsored by the Bayside Neighborhood Association and Portland Parks and Recreation is now scheduled for Saturday, September 13th on the Bayside Trail. The Penobscot Nation drum group will perform a welcome ceremony, Portland’s Supervising Park Ranger Liz Collado will lead a forest bathing experience, Rangers will also serve white pine tea, and have tree-related resources and information available. City Arborist Mark Reiland will be displaying the trunk of the oak tree removed from Oxford Street to spark interest in a future public art project. Deirdre Paul is designing a flyer for Am-at-eur Service to print.
Art Team — Kincaid Pearson, lead — Betsy Boyd, board liaison
Portland Downtown’s utility box painting program call for artists ends September 2nd. Seeking funding for a public art project using material from the oak tree recently felled to make way for Reveler’s apartment building at 89 Elm Street. Amelia Labreck has agreed to assist in reviving the BNA Black Frame Art Sale fundraiser.
Safe Streets Team —
Bowman has stepped down as team lead. Looking for new leadership. Scott Morrision reports the following through Jen Rogers at Midtown Community Policing:
a) August 2025- Citywide- 6,852 ; Bayside-1,040 ; 15.18%
b) August 2024- Citywide- 6,873; Bayside- 1,187; 17.27%
c) 2025 Bayside Monthly Average- 19.33% (2024 avg.-19.28%)
d) 2017-2025 Bayside Monthly Average- 18.13%
BAYsideBees Events team — Deidre Paul, lead — Peter Markoe, board liaison
Deidre and Peter have aligned on a date for the Pet Costume Parade and Block Party. We are eyeing the Bayside trail as the location, and have applied for the city block grant to help fund activities that will bring neighbors to the event, whether they have a pet or not.
Budget and Finance Committee - Chair Peter, Tom, Rob.
The finance committee has not officially met, but the GiveButter campaign is live, and we already have two donors!
Membership and Outreach Committee - Chair Colette, Betsy, Susan.
(Corrections welcome) The MO committee met in mid-August to formulate a plan for canvassing the neighborhood. They generated a form that can be included as a QR code within the membership packet. We are figuring the best date and time to begin canvassing along with routes and groupings.
