STRONG Salem is for everyone who wants to help and participate in getting Salem, Oregon, to quit chasing Growth Ponzi Scheme plans and instead become a resilient, fiscally responsible place that lives by the wisdom that "Communities exist for the health and enjoyment of those who live in them, not for the convenience of those who drive through them, fly over them, or exploit their real estate for profit."
Inmate workforce! Hundreds of able bodied persons just sitting around the local prisons! The low threat ones can help build and repair the local parks :) The parks in NE are lacking... there has been a sign advertising a park coming soon on Brown Road for... 10 years!! They also took a bridge toy out of McKay park, and now it is just dirt. A few shade trees and some used, cleaned tractor tires would go a long way. Or maybe constructing a "free paint" area for graffiti artists, like Eugene has! Scrap wood and a few men could get that up in a day, and it would be a good creative output for the more artistic of the graffiti artists! Maybe patrons could pay a membership fee to be there, and it funds would help keep it clean, plus provide a job for a person to check membership at the entrance..
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