The Salisbury Police Department has been awarded a $270,000 federal Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist grant from the Office of Victims of Crimes.
The BlockWork make-up work day is scheduled for this coming Saturday, October 31, 2020. We will be on the 200 block of South Clay Street working from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No pre-registration necessary, we’ll have forms available on site.
With more than 30 years in the radio repair business and a family history of electronic technicians, this month’s employee spotlight is Lewis Sides. He has been employed with the City of Salisbury since 2007 as a radio systems technician in the telecommunications department.
A host of community partners, including Rowan County, the City of Salisbury, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Rowan-Salisbury School System, the Rowan Chamber of Commerce, Rowan Economic Development, NCWorks and the Centralina Workforce Development Board will hold a virtual community job fair on Thursday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fair is open to the public.
To help aid preventative measures of spreading COVID-19, the City of Salisbury has updated building closings and other cancellations. Please refer to the list below, and check back frequently for updates at salisburync.gov/closings. For more information on the city's response to COVID-19, visit salisburync.gov/COVID-19.
For Rowan County info, visit rowancountync.gov/covid-19. For more on how to support local businesses during this crisis, visit downtownsalisburync.com.
Black Friday may look different than in years past as shoppers avoid crowds, opting instead for online shopping only, typical of Cyber Monday. In any case, Salisbury Police offers a few tips to stay safe from cyber criminals this holiday season.
Community members can attend a free training session that reflects a science-based approach to understanding human biases and prejudices. The purpose of this training is to enhance community members' understanding of the fair and impartial policing training that the Salisbury Police Department is/will be getting and the apply those concepts to their own lives and decision-making.
A host of community partners, including Rowan County, the City of Salisbury, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Rowan-Salisbury School System, the Rowan Chamber of Commerce, Rowan Economic Development, NCWorks and the Centralina Workforce Development Board will hold a virtual community job fair on Thursday, Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fair is open to the public.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funds community needs and proposed solutions in the areas of Housing, Special Needs, Economic Development, and Non-Housing Community Development. The program's Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) can be reviewed by the public and has a period of public comment. Public comment is an opportunity for members of the community to give input on a specific issue that they find important, to let us know we’re headed in the right direction.
Salisbury-Rowan Utilities (SRU), the water and wastewater provider for the City of Salisbury and other Rowan County municipalities, has been honored for exceeding federal and state drinking water standards last year. SRU was one of only 55 out of 6,000 North Carolina water systems to achieve the recognition for 2019.