What's our vision for the future?

How do we want Salem to grow and develop? What goals do we have? How can we improve our community?

The City is in the midst of a multi-year project to update the Salem Area Comprehensive Plan, which guides development in the Salem area. This is a big project, so it has been broken into phases.

After more than a year of outreach, we have developed a draft vision for future growth and development in the Salem area. The draft vision includes goals and a map that reflect priorities we've heard from the community.

We will continue our outreach in the community this fall and winter to ask for feedback on the draft vision. Based on your input, we will refine the draft vision. We expect to present the final vision to the City Council for discussion and acceptance in early 2021.

Any updates to the Comprehensive Plan or changes to the Comprehensive Plan Map would not occur until late 2021 after public hearings and approval by the City Council.

Check out the draft Our Salem vision.

You can see what changes are proposed for specific properties in this interactive map. To read detailed explanations of the map, visit this page. (explicación en español)

You can also see the proposed changes outlined or incorporated into the following PDF maps:

English

Español

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September 23, 2020 work session

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the City Council and Planning Commission Joint Work Session on the Our Salem project. If you missed it, you can view the video online .

You can also check out the presentation slides in English and in Spanish below under "Project Documents."

At the work session, we provided an overview of the draft vision for future growth. It includes draft goals and a draft map that reflect priorities that we have heard from the community over the last year.

You can view the entire draft vision in English and in Spanish below under "Project Documents." You can also see large posters of the draft goals and draft map displayed on the windows on the third floor of City Hall at 555 Liberty Street SE near Room 305. The posters are in English and in Spanish.

September 29, 2020 webinar

We will hold a webinar on the draft vision on Tuesday, September 29 at 11 a.m. We will give a short presentation on the draft vision, answer your questions, and get your input.

Date: Tuesday, September 29

Time: 11 a.m. - 12 noon

By phone: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 948-5547-1183

By computer or smartphone: Click this link

You can also join us on the web by visiting https://zoom.us/join and entering the Meeting ID: 948 5547 1183

You can watch the webinar in real time on Comcast Cable CC: Media Channel 21. If you cannot attend, you can watch a recording of the webinar on this webpage after it is done.