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⚓️ A Clear Scope to Help You Navigate What Matters ⚓️

Welcome to City-by-the-Sea Communications' inaugural newsletter!

It's been quite a busy year, and we're thrilled to have you as part of our inner circle to share our latest news and what we've been working on! ☸️

Last month, Michele was honored to be a featured speaker & sponsor at the Heart of Rhode Island event in Providence, thanks to the invitation of Kamrin Huban and Deb Honor. ❤️

Invoking two of her "muses," Carrie Bradshaw and Albert Einstein (...who we're sure would be friends in real life, 'natch), Michele spoke about her approach to helping clients "Build a Seaworthy Communications Plan on Any Budget" and shared many tools and tips to help small business owners and professionals get a kickstart to their 2026 planning.

Top left photo credit: Cocoa & Co., Middle left: Michele & Kamrin Huban; Left: Michele, Kim Fuller, Quisan Sickinger.

Below left, "The Sailing Professor" Muse.

Below: Carrie Bradshaw explains how it's done!

"Selling without selling. Some people sell by pitching. Others sell by showing up with grace, care, and excellence.

My co-sponsor and co-presenter Michele Gallagher, did just that.... She offered practical, actionable tips everyone in the room could use. Watching her was like taking a masterclass in brand alignment, confidence, and generosity." ~ Kamrin Huban, Kamrin Huban Coaching on LinkedIn

Recent Client Updates

This summer and fall, City-by-the-Sea Communications has been busy behind-the-scenes supporting our Denver-based client Bold Font Coaching with the launch of a new innovative product to help new parents navigate life's biggest transition: become parents who align their parenting style with their core values.

Conscious parenting is truly a gift that keeps on giving! Find out more at www.boldparents.coach.

City-by-the-Sea Communications has been honored to work with many non-profits and small and mid-size businesses this year to help them build their following, brand presence, and community.

This Giving Season, we are pleased to support the following non-profit organizations (in alpha order) with Giving campaigns, in addition to supporting other non-profits with our volunteer work and donations:

•🔗 List Academy of Music (music memory and healing for Alzheimer's, dementia patients, and Veterans)

•🔗 Portsmouth Historical Society - preserving and sharing Portsmouth, RI's history

•🔗 RI Slave History Medallions - Marking the landscape where slave history happened in Rhode Island

•🔗 YANA - Newport County - You Are Not Alone - Community resources for those individuals and families in recovery

Michele's bi-weeky column shining a spotlight on women-led businesses and organizations in the state of Rhode Island in What's Up Newp continues to be a popular feature series. Most recently, Michele featured the International Tennis Hall of Fame's after-school program for middle school and teenagers, TeamFAME, and their executive director Marguerite Marano.

As a bonus, Michele was invited to take part in a Women's Sports Foundation event and interviewed six-time major champion and renowned tennis commentator Rennae Stubbs.

You can read it here:

https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/11/the-international-tennis-hall-of-fame-has-a-lot-of-love-for-teamfame/

To read more of Michele's women-led organization contributions for What's Up Newp from 2025, visit here.



🔗 Team Fame



Top: Marguerita Marano; Middle: Michele Gallagher & Rennae Stubbs; Bottom: Rennae Stubbs

Stay tuned for new exciting updates to FreshMaps and RI250 Quest, currently in progress!

🙏🏼 One final note of gratitude from Michele as the busy year wraps up: She would like to say a whole-hearted thank you to Tricia White, a consultant with the RI Small Business Development Center, for her ongoing coaching and guidance.

There are so many more testimonials to share from the year (Lauran Arledge, Cindy McCown, Bobbi McPherson, Gail Alofsin, Wendy Kagan, Michelle Girasole, and Quisan Sickinger to name just a few).

This is exactly the reason why we love amplifying small and emerging businesses, and especially the women leaders who get the job done and support other women!

And, as a finale, here's a Good News Update from our ever-loving mascot,

Joe Cocker!

City-by-the-Sea's trusty apprentice & mascot Joe Cocker always spreads joy wherever he goes, er, floats! While he wasn't actually in NYC for the Macy's Day Parade last weekend, he was the featured pet spotlight in Aquidneck Island Living magazine in October,

and his love of fun brings a lot of Newporters J❤️Y, especially Michele!