Business Association hosts ‘Best of Brooklyn’ BBQ

Brooklyn Park on S.E. Milwaukie Avenue, a couple of blocks south of Powell, was the location for the 2024 “Best of Brooklyn” BBQ on the late Thursday afternoon and evening of Thursday, July 25.

“Essentially, this is a street fair! But, instead of it being held in a street, we’re hosting it here in Brooklyn Park,” explained Greater Brooklyn Business Association (GBBA) President Melaney Dittler of “More Realty”. “The first 150 Brooklyn neighborhood residents to come by will get a free meal from the ‘Retrolicious’ food truck!

“And several of our GBBA members – 13 of them, so far – have booths and canopies set up here in the park – as also have several Portland City Council candidates.”

Additionally, every exhibiting business had provided a raffle prize; lucky winners’ tickets were drawn between sets of live music performed by the Kivett Bednar Band.

“Our ‘community partner’ is Friends of Brooklyn Park, who is not only partnering in putting on this event, but is also selling raffle tickets to help raise money for summer programs here in the park.

“The Best of Brooklyn BBQ is very important, because it helps connect our neighbors to our business community, and to one another,” Dittler reflected.

For more on how the Greater Brooklyn Business Association benefits its district, go online – http://www.greaterbrooklynba.com

And, if you wish you could have been there this year, here’s a brief BEE VIDEO taken there to convey for you some of the experience…. https://youtu.be/SCmLYg8ZblY