Valiant the Sandwich Moves Sandwich Shop to the Heart of Downtown
SALEM- Valiant the Sandwich opened their new location downtown after opening up during the pandemic and developing a cult following.
Their new space is located at 477 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301.
Owner Joshua St. James was born and raised in the Salem area and has worked in the food industry for several years. In 2018, Avid Cider hired him to r…
Local Freres’s Mass Ply Panels shape the near-complete PDX Airport roof
Freres's Mass Ply Panels shape the near-complete PDX Airport roof
PDX's new terminal mass timber roof is installed
LYONS, Ore. 14 February, 2023 - Four hundred thousand square feet of Freres Engineered Wood’s Mass Ply Panels was used on the 9-acre mass timber roof in the Port of Portland’s PDX Terminal Project. The Port of Portland recently announ…
OREGON HERITAGE RELEASES 2022 OREGON MAIN STREET ANNUAL REPORT
SALEM, Oregon – The 2022 Oregon Main Street Annual Report shares programmatic highlights as well as annual and cumulative revitalization statistics from communities participating in the Main Street Track of the Oregon Main Street Network.
Data from the 38 communities submitting quarterly reports in 2022 showed there were:
$34,064,038 private sector …
Oregon’s 2023 Teacher of the Year was named Rosa Floyd of Woodburn.
Rosa’s heart for her students has rippled beyond her classroom to positively impact her Woodburn community. See a Need, Fill a Need
Rosa’s journey to teaching was a bit more roundabout than the usual path. After moving to Hillsboro from Guadalajara, Mexico, Rosa quickly found a calling in supporting the community’s Spanish-speaking migrant families through education. So, she traded in her degree in Architecture for a teaching license and has spent the last …
Local teachers awarded grant money through Maps Teacher Grant program
Maps Community Foundation awards $25,000 in teacher grants this year
SALEM, Ore. 13 Dec. 2022 - Maps Community Foundation announces 25 grant awards to K-12 teachers from around the Mid-Willamette Valley. In total, the Foundation will award $25,000 in teacher grants this year. Grant awards are for classroom and schoolwide projects benefiting local stud…
Fuego Latin Club Opens Up in Keizer
KEIZER- The Mid-Willamette area is now the home to its first Latin dance club as Fuego Latin Club (3393 River Rd. N, Keizer) opened their doors in October.
Fuego Latin Club is the brainchild of Jose Luis Pantaleon, a local entrepreneur who owns a staffing company named Agri-Staff in addition to the club.
He’d previously owned Area 51 bar and grill in…
Salem Harvest: A Step Forward in Our Community
Feeding hungry families by harvesting food that would go to waste Salem Harvest is a non-profit organization and its principal purpose is the distribution of food without charge to children or homeless, unemployed, elderly, or low-income individuals. Since 2010 more than three and a half million pounds of fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables have been donated providing direct support for thousands of hungry families …
Hotel to Bring 127 New Rooms to Salem, Oregon
SALEM, Ore. – December 2, 2022 – Coast Hospitality Management announced today the “topping off” of its new hotel in Salem, Oregon, signifying that the structural framework is now complete. The new 127-room hotel is slated to open in January 2023. "Today is a significant milestone for the construction of this property and a testament to the skill and diligence of all parties inv…
