By Rachel Bucci Mount Angel Family Medicine Opening ceremony, 250 W. Marquam Thursday, April 14, 3 – 7 p.m. Ribbon cutting 3:30 p.m. Tours, music, art show Mount Angel Family Medicine is bursting at the seams. With five healthcare providers and only three exam rooms, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure the numbers don’t add up. A growing […]
On a Friday afternoon in December, saws buzzed and hammers rung out at The Gathering Spot in downtown Silverton. A worker guided a saw across a stainless steel countertop in a haze of sparks, trimming the soon-to-be espresso bar. The new kitchen was a jumble of appliances, some still wrapped in plastic, including an industrial mixer that wll soon churn pastry dough and crepe batter.
With the economy chugging along, Suzie Couraud, owner of Silverton’s downtown boutique Pomegranate, said the biggest difference she notices in her customers is they are not spending as readily as they once did.
The announcement that the Homer Davenport Days festival is moving from its traditional first weekend in August to July 15-17 in 2011 was greeted by surprise and concern by a number of citizens and community groups in Silverton.
n the current members show at the Silverton Arts Association’s Borland Gallery, 16 local artists exhibit work in a variety of media and offer a glimpse of what’s brewing creatively around the region.
Imagine 4,000 to 5,000 people tromping through your house every year – up and down the stairs, opening and closing cupboards and doors. For any house built for single-family use, wear and tear would be inevitable.
In 2009, Silverton’s Historic Landmarks Commission and city staff sought to establish a historic district in the Coolidge and West Main Streets area of town. But after public dissatisfaction with the plan, the group went back to the drawing board to take a different approach.
