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Organizer seeks council approval for third annual Nature & Nurture Maker’s Market at McCullough Park

5117058 · July 1, 2025
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Summary

Tricia Ross asked Salem City Council to support a downtown makers market that drew thousands last year; she submitted the city events application and is seeking departmental sign-offs so council can vote on the permit at a coming meeting.

Tricia Ross, a downtown shop owner and organizer of the Nature & Nurture Maker’s Market, asked Salem City Council on July 1 for the council’s support to hold the event in McCullough Park this year.

Ross told the council she has run the market for two years and that last year it “brought a few thousand” visitors from “Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron, Canton, West Virginia, all over,” and that the event pairs veteran makers with youth “kidpreneurs.” She said she submitted the city’s new events application last week and is awaiting final department sign-offs before heavily…

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