Forestry Committee Exhibit Extended

It was a joyful warm market on Saturday! Happy to welcome back Steamboat Gypsy! Small Wonder's Sarah Trask does such a wonderful job with the music line up - Always great!  Hands on Friday saw a super gang of volunteers working hard tightening up the Freight Shed inside and out.

BFSA monthly meetings are open to the public and occur on the second Tuesday of the month at noon. Locations vary. This week it will be at the Kismet Inn at 44 Summers Way Bath. Please RSVP to bathfreightshed@gmail.com

Bath Winter Farmers' Market is in full swing!

Great things are happening at the Freight Shed and the market mornings are bustling!! So many people are actually walking to "their" downtown market, vendors are getting at least another hour sleep in the mornings and some are driving smaller vehicles since they don't need to transport their tables. Market mornings are also turning into a great time connect with area non-profits including KELT, ArtVAn, BRCTC so far.  This week Main St Bath will have information about all the wonderful things happening in Bath during December and Samantha Ricker will be on hand to tell you about her new book: The Maine Conscious Consumer. Next week the Bath Forestry Committee will be giving away small potted evergreen trees! Remember the winter market hours are 9AM-Noon.


We really could use some help battening down the hatches! Here's what's on deck - This "Hands on Friday" November the 30th  Noon -3:00PM Please join us - bring a friend. Together we will:

• Install plastic sheeting at east sill the length of the building
• Install rigid insulation at the soffits
• Re-purposed carpet for added insulation below vendor stalls
• Modify vendor stall wall
• Insulate below the bathroom
• Pick up some donated lumber (bring a truck if you've got one)
• General housekeeping
• Measure south wall pine boards / determine how much material is needed to complete the wall

Please let me know if you can make it. We'll have some warm Sparrow Farm Cranberry Cake.
Wiebke   at  207-841-5505   or   bathfreightshed@gmail.com

Pictured above: Georgetown families gather food for area families in need at Thanksgiving market; Megan Hixon with her drawing of the Freight Shed done for her Engineering Graphics class taught by Cindy Cygan at BRCTC; Jan Goranson of Goranson Farm with Georgetown students.

2nd Winter Farmers Market at the Freight Shed!

Great Morning! Thanks everyone!
Join us for a meeting at noon on Tuesday November 13th at City Hall in the basement meeting room. Help us plan the continuing preservation effort! Check out this article in the Coastal Journal.

Bath Winter Farmers' Market Opens!

What a great Saturday kickoff! Now through April every Saturday you can join us at the Freight Shed for a great variety of local foods and products together with music, exhibits and boat building. To read more about it check out this article in the Coastal Journal.

Each week we plan on having a different school or community group join us. Chris Cabot from KELT was on hand to share their farmland and local foods work. We look forward to hosting the Chewonki Foundation, ArtVan, Spindleworks, the Theater Project and many more in upcoming weeks!  

Market Opens Saturday! See you there!!

Updates and Meeting on Oct.18th

Join us tomorrow morning at 8:00AM for the last of our 3 preparing for the market meetings!


















We are getting so close!!  Here is what has been happening and what is in the works: Mid Coast Energy has installed the heating system and NW Sewall installed the propane. The storm doors have arrived at Coastal Glass and will be installed on Friday - into the super elegant and functional frames Luke and Eric Winne built and generously donated!  The Electrical Technology Students from BRCTC (under Steve Vachon's instruction) are only a few days away from finishing the wiring of the south end of the building!  On Thursday Higmo will deliver locally harvested and milled lumber for floor repairs.  Don't miss their open house:  Saw Mill Days on Nov.3 and 4th. http://www.higmos.com/events.html

Maine's First Ship volunteers and Jay Coffey in particular, have been working hard to consolidate the boat building operation and exhibits to make space for the Farmers' Market!  What a team! Market goers will enjoy learning more about this important project based in the Freight Shed.

Many thanks to the great crew who scraped, painted, raked, cleaned and more, before the pot luck supper at the Freight Shed on Sunday!

If you have some time and want to volunteer during the next two weeks - just let us know. Or simply stop over on a Thursday or Saturday morning!

Remember make sure if nothing else, put Nov. 3rd on you calendar for the Winter Bath Farmers' Market opening.. then every Saturday after that!!

Thank you City of Bath!

On October 6th the City of Bath honored the Bath Freight Shed Alliance with the Community Project award.

"The Bath Freight Shed Alliance is applauded for its work unifying area non-profits, businesses and individuals for the common goal of renewing and restoring a relic of Bath's working waterfront. The City of Bath recognizes the Bath Freight Shed Alliance for its revitalization of a historic building on Bath's waterfront and its commitment to community, education, preservation and the environment."

We are very honored. This is a wonderful boost as we head toward our next milestone: The Bath Winter Farmers' Market opening on November 3rd!