FYI Salem

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community. On this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Chris Massey of Salem Open Markets and John Andrews of Creative Salem. The three talk about Open Market, Haunted Happenings, the Salem Food Truck Festival, the Salem Holiday Market, and more!

Salem Open Market: http://newenglandopenmarkets.com/salemopenmarket/

Creative Salem: http://creativesalem.com/

Haunted Happenings: http://hauntedhappenings.org/

Salem Holiday Market: http://newenglandopenmarkets.com/salem-holiday-market-applications/

Early Voting in Salem: http://www.salem.com/home/news/early-voting-salem

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community. On this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Salem residents Sarah Morrill and Jonathan Simcosky from the Salem Award Foundation. They discuss the origins of the foundation, past Award winners and this year's awards, the history of the Salem Witch Trials Memorial, and the legacy of the trials themselves.

Salem Award Foundation: http://salemaward.org/

COPS grant award: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-awards-119-million-hire-community-policing-officers

October traffic updates: https://twitter.com/GetThruOctober and https://twitter.com/salemmapolice (@GetThruOctober and @SalemMAPolice on Twitter)

Cruise ship arrivals: http://www.salem.com/home/news/notification-temporary-lot-closure-blaney-streetsalem-wharf

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community. In this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Kate Fox, executive director of Destination Salem, the City's destination marketing organization. They discuss the history of Destination Salem, what makes Salem such a great City to promote, and all the special events coming up in October for Haunted Happenings.

Destination Salem: http://salem.org/

Haunted Happenings: http://hauntedhappenings.org/

Haunted Happenings Grand Parade: https://www.facebook.com/HauntedHappeningsGrandParade/ and http://www.salem-chamber.com/events/details/haunted-happenings-grand-parade-10-06-2016-4251

October traffic and road closure info: http://www.salem.com/home/news/city-salem-announces-planned-road-closures-october and https://twitter.com/GetThruOctober (@GetThruOctober on Twitter)

The Kindness Rocks Project at Salem's Artists Row: http://www.salem.com/mayors-office/news/kindness-rocks-project-comes-salems-artists-row

Fall street sweeping in Salem: http://www.salem.com/home/news/city-salem-plans-fall-street-sweeping

Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics Recycling Day: http://www.salem.com/home/news/household-hazardous-waste-collection-e-waste-day

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community.

In this episode Mayor Driscoll sits down with Ian Hunter of Deacon Giles Distillery, Chris Lohring of Notch Brewing, and Al Snape of Far From The Tree cider, to discuss the craft beverage industry and why they chose Salem to open their respective businesses.

Deacon Giles Distillery: http://www.deacongiles.com/

Notch Brewery: http://www.notchbrewing.com/restaurant/

Far From The Tree cidery: http://www.farfromthetreecider.com/

Also mentioned in this episode...

For more information about the City's street tree inventory: http://www.salem.com/trees

For more information about Fall street sweeping: http://www.salem.com/home/news/city-salem-plans-fall-street-sweeping

For more information about September Salem Days: http://www.salem.com/home/news/september-salem-days

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community. On this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Salem's Superintendent of Public Schools Margarita Ruiz, as the new school year approaches.

We had some audio quality issues in this recording, primarily around the opening few seconds and the closing few seconds - apologies in advance!

For more information about the Salem Public Schools: http://salemk12.org/

Details on the By All Means initiative: http://edredesign.org/by-all-means

Read more about the Winter Island pop-up drive-in: http://www.creativesalem.com/drive-in/

Find more information about the proposed revisions to the FEMA flood maps for Salem, including links to the maps: http://www.salem.com/home/news/city-salem-present-proposed-flood-map-revisions

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community.

On this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with U.S. Representative Seth Moulton about why he ran for Congress and how to work across the aisle in Washington. They also discuss gun safety legislation, veterans' services, and economic development and job growth.

For more information about Representative Moulton: https://moulton.house.gov/

Details and link to the complete schedule for Salem Heritage Days: http://www.salem.com/home/news/celebrating-55-years-salem-heritage-days

City board and commission vacancies: http://www.salem.com/mayors-office/files/current-board-vacancies

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community.

On this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Paul DePrey, Superintendent of the National Park Service's Salem Maritime National Historic Site and Regional Visitors Center.

Learn more about the National Park Service in Salem: https://www.nps.gov/sama/index.htm

Salem Maritime Festival: https://www.nps.gov/sama/planyourvisit/maritimefestival.htm

U.S. Coast Guard tall ship USS Eagle: http://salem.org/event/u-s-c-g-tall-ship-eagle-visits-salem

Salem Heritage Days festival: http://www.salem.com/home/news/celebrating-55-years-salem-heritage-days

Apply for a reserved parking space in a City garage: http://www.salem.com/home/news/applications-now-available-reserved-parking-spaces-museum-place-south-harbor-garages

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community.

On this episode Mayor Driscoll talks with Salem's Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Trish O'Brien about the numerous free and affordable recreation programs, classes, and events being offered by the City at over three dozen parks and playgrounds this summer.

For details or to register for a recreation program: http://salemrecreation.org/

Information and reserving tickets for the new Salem Harbor Shuttle: http://www.bostonharborcruises.com/

Details on the Hokule'a and its visit to Salem: http://www.hokulea.com/

Updates and information on the Canal Street roadway improvement project: http://www.buildingsalem.com/canal-street-roadway-improvement-project/

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community. In this episode, Mayor Driscoll speaks with Hope Watt Bucci and Dan Sousa, from North Shore Pride.

Learn more about North Shore Pride: http://northshorepride.org/

Learn more about July 4th celebrations in Salem: http://www.salem.com/home/news/salem-celebrates-july-4th

Find out more about the North Shore Cancer Walk: https://nsmcgiving.partners.org/

Read about road closures and temporary parking restrictions during the weekend of June 25-26: http://www.salem.com/home/news/saturday-sunday-events-traffic-information

Tune in for the twice-monthly podcast version of FYI Salem! Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll interviews city officials, community leaders, notable residents, and more, and provides a brief update on the latest news and information from the City of Salem, from inside City Hall and across the community.

This week's special guest is Scott Silverstein, President and Chief Operating Officer of Footprint, provides an update on the $1 billion power plant project taking place near Salem Harbor.

For more information about Footprint: http://www.footprintsalemharbor.com/

For see Salem's Visual Budget: salem.visgov.com

To learn about the Salem Farmer's Market: http://salemfarmersmarket.org/

Details about the Mary Jane Lee Park splash pad: http://www.salem.com/home/news/splash-pad-mary-jane-lee-park-opens-today