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LISTEN IN: What’s behind the city’s decision to clear out the Marion Parkade

TODAY’S ENGAGING CONVERSATION: Reporter Abbey McDonald explains why the sidewalks around Marion Parkade are off limits for the month of March. She tells how the city worked to alert the unhoused population, reported in her original story is HERE. She also tells what surveys show Salem thinks of its bus service, reported HERE, and how “speed dating” was a thing at a recent youth leadership conference. That story HERE.

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