June 2025

Happy summer – at last!  It feels like it took a long, long time to warm up.


We invite you to join us for the annual meeting of Our Town Leeds this coming Wednesday, June 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the town office. New this year, we’ll have a guest speaker: Doug Beck, Outdoor Recreation Program Manager for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. Doug administers the Bureau’s grant programs, including the exciting new Maine Trails Program.


We invited Doug because we’re rounding out the ways Our Town Leeds encourages community: we’re forming a Trails Committee!  If you have an interest in helping to promote trails for biking or walking in Leeds, please reach out to hello@ourtownleeds.org.


That’s in addition to our Library Committee, of course. While our dream is to establish a library in Leeds Center, we have several projects ongoing:



We’d also like to ask you to renew your annual membership. Your financial support helps to make possible the many ways we’re working to build community in our wonderful small town. It demonstrates to foundations and other grantors that we have a base of local supporters. It also augments our ongoing fundraising efforts, including our annual Bake-Plant-Book sale, which not only raised over $1,000 but also offered affordable veggie and flower plants and gave neighbors a chance to visit.


Speaking of fundraising, we have another match opportunity. All gifts up to $1,000 will be matched dollar for dollar. There are so many ways you can help. Please consider:


Next time you are in Augusta, we suggest you stop by to see a photography exhibit. Titled “Our Town: a Community Self Portrait”, the exhibit documents Freeport, Maine as photographed by residents during the summer of 2024. It’s a fun, beautiful exhibit that’s giving us ideas. The show is free, and located on the first floor of the Cross State Office Building at 111 Sewall St.


Thank you for joining Our Town Leeds as a member. We draw strength from working to make life in our wonderful small town a little better.