City cancels Viva Salem event due to understaffing

Viva Salem, a popular community event celebrating Hispanic heritage at Riverfront Park, won’t return for its third year.

Organizer Irma Coleman, the city’s neighborhood program coordinator, said it has been a wonderful experience, and a huge success. Held in September, around 3,000 people attended last year.

“It was a beautiful day full of celebration. Families dancing, enjoying the park and the music, and the food and shopping,” she said.

This year, after reductions in the…