New apartments for refugees, low-income families open in NE Salem

Refugee families from Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan will be among the first to move into Blossom Gardens, a new affordable apartment complex that opened in northeast Salem this week. 

The 90-unit complex is the first to be managed by Salem for Refugees, a nonprofit agency which has helped hundreds of refugees settle in the community since 2016. 

The agency hosted a grand opening event on Monday, May 5, a few days before the first families…