Mission Street Parks Conservancy

We believe that Salem should have vibrant and beautiful public landscapes that inspire and nurture the regional community. To help achieve that vision, we created the Mission Street Parks Conservancy, which exists to help the City of Salem preserve, maintain, enhance, and interpret the iconic public landscapes on and near Mission Street for current and future generations. Our goals are to:

Preserve
To protect the parks’ integrity by preserving the parks’ boundaries, historic context, and plant communities.

Maintain
To care for the parks’ plant material to the highest aesthetic and health standards.

Interpret
To collect, preserve and make accessible records relating to the history of the parks and their plant material, to educate the public, and to facilitate research and appreciation.

Enhance
To assist in the development and implementation of thoughtful, sensitive improvements to the parks’ design, hardscape, and plant material that increase their access, attractiveness, and research value.