Category City News
With small businesses in mind, federal dollars again flow to Salem businesses
Businesses remain boarded up in downtown Salem following unrest in January. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) When a federal program designed to keep workers on the payroll amid the pandemic launched last spring, CJ Nelson, the owner of Salem’s The Coin Jam, recalled being apprehensive about applying…
The former location of the oldest European house in the Pacific Northwest will again be housing
Construction is underway at 990 Broadway N.E., which will produce 23 residential units. Developers worked with historic preservationists to make sure artifacts from Salem’s pioneer era were preserved. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) Typically when a developer begins work on a new building, work crews start digging…
COLUMN: National business survey spells good news and bad for Salem’s economy
Signs on the window at Taproot Lounge and Cafe advertise takeout options while the restaurant is closed to indoor seating due to state restrictions, on Thursday, Dec. 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem area unemployment rate ticked up to 6.3% in December with another 1,100…
Hoping to build a missing link, Salem applies for funding for Pringle Creek crossings
Salem is hoping to build crossings underneath Commercial Street and the railroad across Pringle Creek. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem is hoping to get funding for a “short but critical” bridge that will connect Riverfront Park to parts of Salem across Pringle Creek, including Salem Hospital…
BUSINESS ROUNDUP: $1 billion worth of weed, more jobs last fall, pandemic paycheck program returns
Jared DeCamp pours out marijuana buds from Gadsden Gardens at Herbal Remedies Dispensary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) There’s a lot going on business. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter has launched a semi-regular roundup of business-related items that…
City takes look at how Salem residents are contributing to climate change through what they buy
Cars drive through water along Commercial Street Southeast on September 10, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More than half the greenhouse gases generated by Salem residents comes from either how they get around or what they eat, according to a new report that’s part of the…
In response to community pressure, Salem City Council denounces white supremacy
A screengrab of the Salem City Council at it’s first meeting of the year 2021. After a push by Salem activists, the Salem City Council on Monday unanimously denounced white supremacy by name through a resolution passed Monday evening, following nearly an hour of public…
Salem’s plan to end camping at city parks will be a slow crawl, dependent on new shelter and organized camp
Flooding at Cascades Gateway Park on Dec. 21. (Courtesy/ Jean Hendron) Salem wants to phase out an emergency declaration that allowed homeless people to camp at two city parks, but first face a daunting task of finding a place for more than 1,000 people. The…
BUSINESS ROUNDUP: Bigger unemployment checks, Detroit gets fiber, Salem challenged to eat, new Business Oregon director
A view from a drone on Tuesday, Sept. 22, shows the damage in downtown Detroit. Wildfire continues to burn across Detroit Lake. (Oregon Department of Transportation photo) There’s a lot going on in business. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter has…