Bayside Neighborhood Association

05/29/2026

Show Your Bayside Pride!

Bayside Caps Are Here! The BNA recently invested in a small lot of high-quality 100% cotton branded caps with custom embroidery to increase neighborhood visibility, foster community pride, and serve as a premium perk for our fundraising efforts. Right now you can get your own Bayside Cap with any donation of $25 or more. Your contribution helps fuel the vital programming, advocacy, and community outreach at the heart of the BNA’s work for over 25 years....

Bayside Caps Are Here! The BNA recently invested in a small lot of high-quality 100% cotton branded caps with custom embroidery to increase neighborhood visibility, foster community pride, and serv…

05/20/2026

Coming Saturday, August 1st 2026 to the Bayside Trail! baysideportland.org/BPMfest

Thank you to for its support of The BPM Traditional Drum Festival! We love Levitt Family Foundation’s mission, which is to strengthen the social fabric of America through the power of free, live music. In 2026, Levitt is supporting more than 900 free outdoor concerts nationwide in 100+ towns and cities across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, bringing people together of all ages and backgrounds to create healthy, connected, and thriving communities. Learn more: www.levitt.org

05/03/2026

Op Ed by our own Peter Markoe and Tom Blackburn

The area is ripe for development. Relocating the school administration, establishing a family shelter and community center, these are options worth exploring.

05/02/2026

Annual Meeting Tonight

The Bayside Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting is happening tonight, May 2nd, from 5–7pm at the Equality Community Center, 15 Casco Street The evening will include a potluck, so please bring a dish to share if you're able! On the agenda: a year-in-review of BNA activities and initiatives, and board elections for five open seats. General members who sign a membership form at the meeting are eligible to vote....

The Bayside Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting is happening tonight, May 2nd, from 5–7pm at the Equality Community Center, 15 Casco Street The evening will include a potluck, so please bring a…

04/30/2026

Join us for a Jane’s Walk this Saturday May 2, 2026 starting at 2pm. Meet at the top of Chestnut Street at the corner of Congress Street by city hall and we’ll walk down Chestnut into what used to be the briny waters of Back Cove.

A Jane’s Walk for May 2, 2026 — Reference Maps — 1775: 1836:  1858: 1866: 1876: 1965: 1837-2003:

04/29/2026

Ice Cream for Everyone!

Two Bayside Week events prove that nothing brings a community together like sharing some ice cream on a warm spring day. Sundaes on a Monday was a great success thanks to our partners at Avesta Housing and Wayside Food Programs, which provide community meals every Monday from noon-1pm at 409 Cumberland Avenue. This week dessert was just a little sweeter and a lot cooler, thanks to the BNA Events Team....

Two Bayside Week events prove that nothing brings a community together like sharing some ice cream on a warm spring day. Sundaes on a Monday was a great success thanks to our partners at Avesta Hou…

04/28/2026

The Deb Van Hoewyk Bayside Community Garden

On a bright sunny Spring Sunday afternoon yesterday, neighbors gathered at 78 Chestnut Street to give the Bayside Community Garden a name worthy of the woman who helped build it. The garden is now officially the Deb Van Hoewyk Bayside Community Garden. City Councilor Sarah Michniewicz kicked things off by picking up a screwgun and bolting the new sign to the garden shed herself....

On a bright sunny Spring Sunday afternoon yesterday, neighbors gathered at 78 Chestnut Street to give the Bayside Community Garden a name worthy of the woman who helped build it. The garden is now …

04/27/2026

Spring Cleanup Success!

Dozens of neighbors and friends showed up yesterday to pitch in and help with the Annual BNA Spring Cleanup in collaboration with the City of Portland's Great Portland Pickup. Thanks to Karly Meyer of the City of Portland's Office of Sustainability and Leyla Hashi of Portland Parks Conservancy for helping put together the city-wide effort, to Eighty-8 Donuts and Coffee by Design for keeping us fueled up, and to Charlie Mitchell and staff at Bayside Bowl for hosting the afterparty....

Dozens of neighbors and friends showed up yesterday to pitch in and help with the Annual BNA Spring Cleanup in collaboration with the City of Portland’s Great Portland Pickup. Thanks to Karly…

04/26/2026