Community celebrates new Salem welcome sign years in the making
Local officials and neighbors gathered Wednesday afternoon for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating Salem’s new welcome sign, following six years of effort and the correction of a spelling mistake.
City Councilor Irvin Brown and Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell helped cut the ribbon to commemorate the final version of the sign, designed by local artist Kaethe Mentrum.
It’s located on Northeast Portland Road.
Mentrum pitched her design to the city in 2019.
Bureaucracy slowed the…
