Bill Amos founded NW Alpine in 2010 to make high-quality clothes for mountaineers that upheld his environmental and labor values. Now, he wants to grow a new Salem retail store into a community hub.
Tag: SALEM BUSINESS
Taste the latest from Salem’s food entrepreneurs at Friday market
Ola Elkanah’s packaged African spices and meals make it easy to bring West African staples to life at home. Her business, Flourish Spices, is one of 20 participating in an evening market at Chemeketa Community College to show off Oregon food entrepreneurs.
U.S. Small Business Administration leader highlights growing Salem businesses during tour
Don Froylan recently expanded cheese production and is planning a new addition to its northeast Salem creamery. U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas and Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman visited Tuesday as part of a local tour.
Salem-area community center will help young people learn music, screenprinting and business skills
Radness Ensues, a new nonprofit community center, plans to open in Keizer this summer with a range of skill-building opportunities for local youth, from screenprinting to music management. They hope to help fill a gap for community spaces catered to youth and families.
Wavra Farms opens winter farmers market in Salem
Wavra Farms & Nursery is running a weekly winter farmers market on Saturdays, with about 30 vendors, art classes and more.
From Napoleon Dynamite to Barbenheimer, Salem’s indie cinema celebrates four decades
Salem Cinema opened on Christmas Day in 1982 under a parkade, with staff bribing skateboarding teenagers with popcorn to stay off the theater’s roof during shows. Though still recovering from the pandemic, there’s much more reel to spin ahead.
SAIF leader gets $200,000 bonus as board catches up to industry rates
After a national salary review, the board of SAIF Corp. voted to give its president a pay raise and a bonus to put him closer to industry averages.
New owner brings flair for arranging to Olson’s Flowers
Ken Haseltine got his start in floral design at 17 and now runs Salem’s century-old downtown floral shop.
A hands-on start led to success for one of Salem’s major builders
Rich Duncan, president of Rich Duncan Construction, on site at his company’s rebuild of the Oregon School for the Deaf in 2010. The company was recently named the Salem Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year (Courtesy photo) Rich Duncan is working at the 30,000 foot-level these days, but it[Read More…]
Chamber names Rich Duncan Construction as ‘Business of the Year’
Rich Duncan (second from left) and some of his team at Rich Duncan Construction, named as 2022 Business of the Year (Salem Area Chamber of Commerce) When much of the mountain community of Detroit burned in the 2020 wildfires, recovery seemed uncertain. But a Salem contractor rounded up those he[Read More…]
