About Salem City
Reactivating 300 years of vision in historic, colonial Main Street in the city of Salem, New Jersey's new, old century relived. Salem City–step into a time minutes away.
location.
20 minutes to Wilmington.
30 minutes to Philadelphia.
60 minutes to Trenton.
150 minutes to New York.
Come walk the historic streets of Salem, meaning "peace" located in southern New Jersey, minutes from Philadelphia and Wilimington Delaware–established as a town and colony in 1675 by Quaker John Fenwick. Shortly after, 1682, the Port of Salem was designated by the British Crown and water trade began. In 1735 the Old Salem County Courthouse was built and is the oldest active in NJ and second-oldest courthouse in the U.S. today.
city in distress.
Camden Distress Score 100. Salem 99.2.
The Municipal Revitalization Index (MRI) serves as the State's official measure and ranking of municipal distress. Today Salem ranks No. 2 of 564 municipalities in New Jersey, just behind Camden ranking No. 1 for most distressed in the state.
NJ Department of Community Affairs defines distress as “a multidimensional municipal condition linked to fiscal, economic, housing, and labor market weakness in conjunction with a resident population that is generally impoverished and in need of social assistance.”
city in activation.
The bustle of this once cobblestone city faded into decline, is now primed for revival as AAGNJ, funded through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, begins its planning work to reactivate downtown commercial assets. New discovers, once around every corner, revived. New business budding. Neighborhoods re-energized. Embark in a new history of an exciting opportunity for reinvention and self-expression as Salem begins a renewal toward community restoration and well-living.
