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Neighborhood group urges city support to keep Center Street Safeway open amid losses and safety concerns
Summary
Northeast Neighbors representatives told council the Center Street Safeway is losing roughly $1,000 a day and faces potential closure; they credited recent additional police presence with improving conditions and asked the city to consider ways to support the store.
A representative of the neighborhood group Northeast Neighbors asked Salem City Council on April 14 to help keep the Center Street Safeway open, saying the store is losing significant money and that safety issues have been a barrier for customers and the business.
"The store is losing approximately $1,000 a day in losses, which is $800,000 in 6…
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