Community Corner
Free Salem Downtown Parking Throughout Thanksgiving Weekend
Parking at all city-owned lots, garages, and on-street spaces throughout the city of Salem will be free of charge for four days.
SALEM, MA — Salem residents and visitors will be able to park in the Witch City free of charge this weekend as a way to promote shopping at the city's small businesses and frequenting its restaurants to kick off the holiday season.
Parking at all city-owned lots, garages, and on-street spaces will be free on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and on Sunday.
Parking fees will resume at garages and meters on Monday morning.
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"As the holiday shopping season gets underway, we want to once again encourage Salem community members to shop local and support Salem's small businesses," Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo said. We hope that free parking throughout the weekend will help Salem residents kick off the holidays here in our amazing downtown and support the local businesses that make our city vibrant."
More information on the city's parking and transportation options can be found here.
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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