NW Natural Affordable Energy Efficiency Program seeks Homes to Weatherize
NW Natural is looking for homes to weatherize. The NW Natural Affordable Energy Efficiency program pays generous incentives on attic, floor and/or wall insulation; air sealing; duct sealing; duct insulation; new, high-efficiency gas furnaces; existing gas furnace tune-ups; etc. Some details include: • This program is designed to serve customers who make too much to...
City Council Votes to begin Quiet Zone Process
Excitement abounds in my house tonight! Tonight the City Council passed by a vote of 8-1 to proceed with development of a Quiet Zone. Although most of the discussion was that the city was creating safer crossings, once the crossings are made safer, these crossings will qualify as a QZ and the trains will no...
Quiet Zone Recommendation to go to City Council
Below is the recommendation that is going to City Council on Monday night. Your attendance at the meeting would be helpful, although I’m feeling pretty good about the reception our recommendation will receive. Brief, polite emails to the Council would be good but remember the blowing of horns is a federal law and the only...
NEN Members Produce Award Winning Film
NEN MEMBERS PRODUCE AWARD WINNING FILM Thursday, June 3, CHEMEKEDEN, 370 1/2 State Street (above Cooke Stationery), 7:30-8:00 p.m., FISH LAKE & HACKELMAN CREEK PICTURE NIGHT NEN members LAURELYN SCHELLIN and SUSAN WATKINS are having a special Salem showing of their award-winning Chemeketan Fish Lake & Hackelman Creek naturalist 30-minute film that received...
Salem Parks Foundation funds received for McRae Park
The Salem Parks Foundation board has voted to award NEN with a $1200 grant to clean, reseal and re-stripe the basket ball court at McRae Park. This is great news for our neighborhood! Information provided by Evan Lloyd, NEN Board Member and Parks Liaison
Court-Chemeketa Garden Tour June 4th & 5th
Garden Tour Explore Nine Gardens in the National Register listed Court-Chemeketa Street Historic District. Tickets at all Salem/Keizer Roth’s locations and A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village Adults: $15 Ages 12 & Under: $5 Plant Sale Open to the Public at Mission Mill Museum - 1313 Mill Street SE A wonderful variety of annuals, perennials , flowers, shrubs, herbs...
Native Camas bloom in NEN
Greetings North East Neighbors (NEN) folks and friends, Now is the time to enjoy an annual highlight of our walkable, livable Salem NEN neighborhood …….. the annual native camas prairie bloom in the State Fairgrounds parking lot adjacent to our north boundary. See attached photos. The plants that were commonly used by the local Calapooia...
Englewood & North Salem will be closed for the summer
Englewood Elementary School and North Salem High School will be closed for the summer because of renovations and repairs occurring at these schools, and we need your help in getting the word out. Please share this information with community members. The school buildings will be a construction zone and all public access will be blocked...
Chicken Issue Revote
Last night the NEN Board revisited the Chickens in the Yard issue. The board voted 10-2, with 2 abstentions, to support the C.I.T.Y. proposal to allow chickens within the Salem city limits.
NRSA Meeting Minutes
NEN/NRSA meeting: Willson House, Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:00 p.m. Recap of lighting project: Joan reported: a week before the application was due, the City said we needed to have a petition signed by neighbors or they would not partner with us. Tony Martin (City) says we need Parks Department permission to trim the...
NRSA Meeting March 11th
The committee for Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA) bounded by 12th St, 17th St, State St and D St, also known as Quad 3, needs your input for improvement such as low-income and senior housing, community center, street lighting, plantings, etc. Grant money is available. Watch for meeting dates TBA on www.salemnen.org. The next meeting...
Wayside Horn Demonstration in Action
Today was a very successful Wayside Train Horn demonstration at the North High parking lot next to the Union Pacific crossing at D Street. I have placed a few pictures here. In the above picture, you will see a grey box that the man in orange in the bucket on the truck is holding. That is...
