Marion County temporarily waives fee for rural projects
Builders in Marion County have received a break on system development charges for certain types of projects through February 2010. The county recently announced that beginning this month it would defer...
View Article10-year-old Marion County building needs extensive repairs
The Courthouse Square building in Salem, home to Marion County government offices and Salem-Keizer Transit, was only two years old when occupants started to notice the building settling, in 2002....
View ArticleSalem government building being vacated
Marion County offices and other tenants will vacate the Courthouse Square building in Salem within 90 days after inspections found the building to be structurally unsound.
View ArticleStudy sought for Courthouse Square debacle
Marion County hopes to learn lessons from Salem's ill-fated Courthouse Square building. The agency is seeking a company to investigate the past of the 10-year-old, $34 million building, so structural...
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