First street cleanup a success

Bissett Neighborhood Association held its first street cleanup of the year on Saturday, April 17. We targeted Hillcrest between Nichols and Chestnut Expressway. Thanks in large measure to volunteers from Eden Village 2, we were able to get most of it cleaned up. These cleanups certainly improve the main entrances to our neighborhood and additional street cleanups are being considered for later this summer/fall. Keep an eye out for them on the BNA Facebook page or Nextdoor. We could always use more volunteers. Come out and show your pride for our neighborhood.

Neighborhood Yard Sale

Bissett’s “Yard-Zale” is back this year, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, after last year’s cancellation due to COVID-19. If you live in the neighborhood and would like to hold a sale in your yard, contact Russell at 787-246-6416 and he’ll get your sale on the list for day-of-sale flyers and to get a yard sale sign put up in your yard. BNA will also handle promotions of the event. If you would like to come out for the sale, just drive into the Bissett neighborhood and look for a “Yard-Zale” yard sign in any of the participating sales. In addition to looking at the cool stuff for sale, you can pick up a map showing addresses of all participating sales. In previous years, there have typically been more than 20 sales, so well worth the drive if you happen to live on the other end of town.

First maskless neighborhood meeting

What a joy if was May 18 to hold a neighborhood association meeting without required masking! It was held outdoors at the L.A. Wise Park Pavilion. Given the number of meetings and events that were cancelled over the last 16 months, the meeting felt a lot like a reunion of long-lost friends! Most of the attendees had not seen each other since before the lockdowns, and all were smiling!