Painted flowers set to bloom in Grant neighborhood

A design for the cherry blossom mural which will be painted in the Grant neighborhood over Fourth of July weekend. It’s the first street mural approved as part of Salem’s new street painting program. (Courtesy/Grant Neighborhood Association)

Where it started depends on who you ask. There was a letter to the Mayor. Another to the City Council. A request to the neighborhood association. But Erika Baker remembers it as a conversation with her neighbor. 

Lifelong…