Downtown Salem businesses flock to publicly funded grants for security fences, cameras

Two women talk on a bench at the Equitable Center. The property is among five to receive new city grants to install security measures at downtown businesses. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter)

Four new light poles stand guard over the parking lot of Q’s Corner Barbershop, bought and paid for with public money.

At night, owner Quandray “Q” Robertson said the lot “looks like a football field out there,” spotlighting any would-be trespasser. The lights are a…