The 2011 Salem Guide is out!

It's here, it's here!  The 2011 Salem Guide has been printed and is making its way to hundreds of homes as I write! 

 

You can request one at Salem.org, or flip through the pages of the Guide online. 

The 2011 Salem Guide is a great resource for people traveling from near and far (I keep one in the kitchen, and one in the car - it's great for restaurant phone numbers!). If you are planning a visit, a reunion, a wedding, a group tour we would be happy to send you one guide, or twenty-one guides (or one hundred and one, for that matter!).

Visit the pages of Salem.org for the online business listings and information about Salem, and if you are an iPhone user, download the free Salem App in the App store.


The Guide is out, which means spring must not be too far away.  Happy New Year!

Photo Contest results are in!

Wow!  A whopping 1,115 people voted Destination Salem's 2010 photo contest!

Many thanks to the many photographers who submitted images, to the finalists, to the Destination Salem marketing committee, who had the arduous task of narrowing the field of 255 images down to seven, and to the people who voted.  Here are your results:

First place, and the cover of the 2011 Salem Guide: 

Salem Willows Fence, by Hillary Dearborn

Second place, and winner of a $50 Salem Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificate:

Hooper Hathaway House by Janet Mahon

Third place, and winner of a $25 Salem Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificate: 

The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion (The House of the Seven Gables) by Elaine Webb

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks again to everyone who contributed to this year-long contest!  Many of the images submitted will be used in the 2011 Salem Guide, which will be available in February.