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Sense of Place – The Living Earth
By: Jeff Rennicke, Executive Director, Friends of Apostle Islands National LakeshorePhoto: Jeff RennickeIt is a feeling you get deep in the forest, a sound you hear when the wind blows at night. The earth is alive. Many cultures throughout history believe spirits...
Stewardship

The Islands Are Calling
By: Jeff Rennicke, Executive Director, Friends of Apostle Islands National LakeshoreThey are always there, in stormlight or sunshine, moonrise or mist: the Apostle Islands. They sit just offshore at the edge of the Brickyard Creek community and yet somehow are a big...
History

Creek Chronicles Chapter 9: Prohibition and the WPA
The end of the lumbering industry coincided with the beginning of Prohibition which lasted from 1920 to 1933, which was then followed by the Great Depression (1929 – 1941).
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Board Updates
BYCCA President’s Update – May 2022
By Nancy Sandstrom In thinking about the past year, I am blown away by how quickly time has past. Steve and I live here all year and the dog and I walk every morning through every season – sometimes on the BYC trails and often (winter!) on our roads. I am struck each...
Board Update – February 2022
Winter greetings from BYC! And yes! It is clearly winter. Our 25+ inches of snow in the last 5 days has been both physically challenging (just a bit of shoveling!) and spiritually exhilarating. What a scene. With slightly warmer temps forecast for this weekend, many...
2020 Annual Report
Click image to view the report.This has been an amazing year of accomplishments and challenges at Brickyard Creek. It has also been a year of adjustments, challenging us to find new ways to do old things. Speaking of new things, the Board is proud to present this...
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Committee Updates
BYCCA Finance Committee Report – As of May 2022
BYCCA ended the 2021 year with a surplus of almost $14k due to Jeff’s superb financial management. BYCCA is again debt-free, having paid off the loan to resurface Roy’s Point Blvd last year, and incurring no additional debt in 2021.Ostrich ferns along the Brickyard...
BYCCA Rental Committee Update – May 2022
Over the past year, the following people have served on ad hoc and subsequent standing committee reviewing & managing the Short-Term Rental Program at BYC: Kayla Picciano, Nancy Sandstrom, Peter Jaroff, Dale Klubertanz, Brian Barnes, Sean Gray, Sheldon Goldberg,...
BYCCA Stewardship Committee Update – May 2022
Brickyard Creek's Community Picnic AreaPurpose To steward the Brickyard Creek Community Vision, Mission, and Values through education, volunteering, and social gatherings. Evolution Developers created a concept where cottages blend into the forest. Thoughtful design...
BYCCA Finance Committee Update – January 2022
The BYC bridge sign after the January 2022 storm. On Dec. 15, 2021, the Board of Directors unanimously adopted the 2022 Operating Budget for the Brickyard Creek Community Association. The operating budget funds the continuation of our current level of services as well...
We Support The Bayfield Chamber & Visitor Bureau
There've been a lot of changes happening up in Bayfield over the last year! Today, I am writing on behalf of our community's Rental Oversight Group to talk to you about membership in the Bayfield Chamber & Visitor Bureau.In the past, if you were a renter working...
Introducing the Brickyard Creek Rental Oversight Group
Many things are shifting up in Bayfield, including the weather...… and our community rental environment. Over the past year, with the pressures of Covid, we've had the opportunity to provide a Northwoods escape to many guests through our rental cottages. This has been...
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Director Updates
BYCCA Director Update – June 2022
Lake Superior and the restored Brickyard Creek beach.By Jeff Garrett As the Brickyard Creek Director, my role is the “hands-on,” go-to resource person for all issues relating to the administration, operations, and communications of the BYC Community - this includes...
Bayfield Blizzard
Good Morning from the Buried 'Creek, I am just in from another round of snow removal and a good stomp around our forest. I am relieved to share that the storm has finally abated after a relentless 40 hours of non-stop wind, whiteout conditions, and...
BYC Storm Review and Winter Reminders
Hello from the 'Creek, The Sunday morning after Thanksgiving, the world was coated in white. Trees bent at awkward angles, and nothing looked the same as it did before. After my first cup and before I could talk myself into going back to bed (in the hopes it was just...
“Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water.” ~Sigurd Olson

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Bayfield, WI 54814