UO students to help make Salem more walkable, equitable

Over a decade ago, when the city of Salem first collaborated with the University of Oregon for its Sustainable City Year Program, a small group of students brainstormed ways to turn waste into energy, and identified businesses that could be used as sources.

“At the last minute we were just like, ‘let’s throw in Willow Lake and just see,’” said Courtney Knox Bush, the city’s strategic initiatives manager.

That decision, she said, eventually turned into…