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DEMOCRAT FOR

STATE REPRESENTATIVE 

YARMOUTH

EXPERIENCE - ENERGY - COMMITMENT 

Working hard for Yarmouth and Maine

Stay in the know! Click the below for the latest updates on the November 5, 2024 election & the Art Bell Campaign.

ABOUT ME

Working hard for Yarmouth and Maine

I have served the Yarmouth community at the local level in many ways over the past 26 years, and hope to continue to do so in a second term serving in the Maine House of Representatives.

In my first term, I served on the Environmental & Natural Resources Committee and passed two bills...the Dam Safety Bill to improve the auditing of  the non-effective dam inspection program, and the Rail Trail bill which enables the Maine Department of Transportation to study converting abandoned railings to trails across the State.

 

If re-elected, I will continue to bring the concerns of Yarmouth citizens to Augusta and ensure you are heard.

I am listening: Tell me what you care about

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

DICK WOODBURY

Former State Senator and former Representative District 47

“Art Bell’s contagious affability, engagement, and ability to draw people together define his long history of community service. Art will serve us well in Augusta.”

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TIM SHANNON

Yarmouth Town Council

"I believe Art has the intelligence, warmth and decency to make good choices for all of Yarmouth, young and old, old-timer and newcomer, together."

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DEBORAH WATHEN FINN

 

Yarmouth resident

“Art lives his life measured by how he can make a difference in this community. I am confident that he will bring the same passion and thoughtfulness to serving us well as our next State Representative.”

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JANICE COOPER

Current Representative District 47

"Having held this position for the last eight years, and based on our long friendship and working relationship, I know Art possesses the experience, values, spirit of collaboration and courage necessary to vigorously advance our interests."

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GET TO KNOW ART: THE ISSUES IMPACTING DISTRICT #103

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THOSE WHO SUPPORT ART...

HEATHER & TODD ABBOTT

JOY & CHIP AHRENS

TAMSON BICKFORD

SUE ELLEN BORDWELL

CHUCK PARKER & MEGHAN CASEY

JANICE COOPER

CANDACE & ROD COREY

VALERIE & DAVID CRAIG

ABBY & JEFF DIGGINS

JANET HANSEN & BRUCE DROUIN

BILL DUNN

JERI & JOHN ERICKSON

DAVID & CAROL RYAN ERTZ

DEB WATHEN FINN

STEPHANIE FINN

JESSICA & PETER FROMUTH

JANE GALLAGHER

SANDI GOOLDEN

NANCY & STEVE GORDEN

NANCY & BILL GREGORY

HEIDI & DICK GRIMM

CINDY WATSON & BOB GROSS

MOLLY MONTGOMERY & TED HALL

SUZANNE & TOM HARDEN

LINDA & DOUG HERMANN

CHAD HIGGINS

ALLISON HODGKINS

APRIL HUMPHREY

LESLIE HYDE

EMILY & JAY JONES

RICHARD KILLMER

KATHY SHARPLESS & JEFF KEW

DAVID KITCHEN

ED LIBBY

BRENDA & WARREN MICHAELSEN

NANCY BAKER MILLER

SHERI & FRANK OLIVA

HANNA & DAN OSTRYE

AMY & DAVID PEARL

KRISTEN & KENT PIERCE

LIZ & RICK POLKINGHORN

LIZ & CHARLIE POOLE

LIZ & TOM REINSBOROUGH

LESLIE HAMREN

ANNE & CHRIS JACOBS

BROOKE & TODD RICH

LEIGH BAKER &  JOSHUA ROYTE

JOHN RUSSELL

KAREN & JOHN SAUCIER

CAM & TIM SHANNON

JUDIANN & GARY SMITH

DOMINIQUE & JEFF SOMMER

MARYANNE & STEVE STRAND

NANCY THOMPSON & BILL TAYLOR

MARY & CHUCK THORP

MIKE & LAURIE TOTTA

MARILYN STRONG-TOWNSEND

SUE GRANAI & DAVID VAN SLYKE

TRACY & ERIC WEINRICH

SANDRA & JACK WEINRICH

DEB & DICK WOODBURY

So who is Art Bell? 

 

I have lived on Cousins Island for the past 26 years. My wife Robin and I raised 3 kids who proudly graduated from Yarmouth High!  My path after graduating from Colby College, and earning an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania included working for 20 years in corporate finance.

 

I love Yarmouth.  My vision for our community is informed by your vision for our future.  Through my service on CPIC (Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee), I have listened to the citizens and helped reconsider the way our community interacts with the local businesses, cultivating a safe, and thoughtful village. We must balance the issues of a changing climate, affordable housing, economic development, and an aging population.

 

I presently serve on the Yarmouth History Society Board, the Bike/Ped Committee, and I have been Treasurer of YCAN for the past 10 years.  Previously I was elected to two 3-year terms on the School Board and 6 years on the Yarmouth Senior Housing Board.  In 1999, I helped found Yarmouth Arts … focused on all things...art!

 

Far and away, my most meaningful experiences have been interacting with Yarmouth’s youth. I have been a Sunday School teacher and youth leader at Church, coached Little League and Colt’s soccer teams, and currently volunteer at YHS judging public policy presentations and offering advice to young entrepreneurial teams.

I am humbled and honored to have been awarded the 2017 Latchstring Award for my service.  It motivates me to continue serving my beloved Yarmouth community.

 

 

What do I care about?

 

I care about whatever is important to the people of Yarmouth…you!

I am listening, my door is open.

 

I care about:

 

1.   Environment

2.  Property taxes

3.  Education

4.  Aging population

 

I care about the environment…climate change is the biggest challenge we face on the planet.  How do we continue to grow, and at the same time live sustainably? I have helped First Parish Church install 128 solar panels; I am fully supportive of the solar farm initiative; and I have spent the past 5 years studying the Royal River, trying to understand how we can restore the Royal to its natural health, and improve not only the watershed but also the health of Casco Bay.

 

I care about Property taxes…we need to broaden our tax base, using tools like TIF financing to attract businesses to Yarmouth; we need to explore ways to make the Wyman Station property more valuable, and become a job creator.

 

We need to educate our students to have the skills necessary to perform the jobs of the future, so these kids can come back and afford to live in Yarmouth. While on the Yarmouth School Board, we introduced Chinese language learning and strengthened our relationship with PATHS two initiatives that consider education a changing world.

 

I care about the aging population…we need to allow our elders to mature affordably and to provide services and build opportunities for them to be a contributing part of our community. During my time serving on the Yarmouth Senior Housing Board, we rebuilt and maintained Bartlett Circle and added 32 units at Bartlett Woods. I have also served as Treasurer of YCAN for the past 10 years and we have funded the Aging in Place program in Yarmouth.

 

So why am I running?

 

I want to bring my education, my experience, my time & my energy, to the Maine State Legislature, on behalf of District #103.

 

I have the time, I know that we must do better and I am called to represent you in Augusta. 

 

While at Colby, I was honored to attend a weeklong “Future Business Leaders” conference.  One of the speakers, Bill Marriott, talked about a simple philosophy that guided his career and life.  He divided his life into three segments:

  1. Learning

  2. Earning

  3. Returning

I have embraced this philosophy and have been “RETURNING” my gifts to Yarmouth. I look forward to representing Yarmouth, Chebeague, and Long Island in the State Senate.

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