Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo and the Salem City Council want to allow Lifebridge and its partner Harborlight Homes to build a massive shelter and Single Room Occupancy “transitional” housing complex facing Riley Plaza.

It will make Salem the homeless center for the North Shore.

Lifebridge follows an outdated approach that the federal government and advocates for the unhoused have rejected. It is INEFFECTIVE AND INHUMANE. It's an approach called "warehousing."

How can they get away with this? Under the ploy of creating more affordable housing, the Mayor and the City Council want to adopt new zoning called 40R and apply it to the Lifebridge property. It was devised by the state to give control to developers and take it away from residents.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SALEM DESPERATELY NEEDS.

Once 40R zoning is passed, you will have no power to change or stop a project.

This project is bad for the homeless, bad for residents, and bad for Salem’s business and tourism economy.

We are the citizens and businesspeople of Salem and we:

Say No to Warehousing. Say No to 40R.

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WANT TO BE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD? WRITE A LETTER!

The City is accepting responses to the proposed 40R Zoning Amendment and the Special 40R Zoning for the Lifebridge and Harborlight project.

Deadline is Friday, September 6 at NOON.

Send your letter to Senior Planner Elena Eimert at eeimert@salem.com

Be sure to send copies to:

Mayor Dominick Pangallo (dpangallo@salem.com)

City Councilors (citycouncilors@salem.com

State Sen Joan Lovely (joan.lovely@masenate.gov)

State Rep Manny Cruz (Manny.Cruz@mahouse.gov)

For more info:

One neighborhood response: www.gesna-salem.com (scroll to the bottom for links to even more info)

City 40R information: https://imaginesalem.org/40r/smart-growth-overlay-districts

Please note that any donations solicited on subsequent web pages are for the ipetitions website, not for Citizens for a Better Salem.

Thank you!