Imagine Salinas as a City of Letters: Two Community Events Invite the Public to Explore its Future as a City of Letters
By Lori Wood
Salinas Public Library
February 5, 2010
Imagine Salinas’s future as a City of Letters, a city that engages the community in its literary legacy of Nobel laureate John Steinbeck, other writers and poets, and in a commitment to reading and literacy.
New Electric Vehicle Development and Manufacturing Company Selects Salinas Area as Their Home
Mayor Donohue will be intorducing Green Vehicles' Officers during the Salinas Rotary meeting on Tuesday, October 27th at noon, which will be followed by a press briefing at 1:30 pm at the National steinbeck Center, 1 Main Street, Salinas.
New Salinas Valley Enterprise Zone Website Is Live
October 22, 2009
City of Salinas
Press Release
A new website for the Salinas Valley Enterprise Zone has gone live, providing a new resource for residents and businesses working in the Enterprise Zone.
Public Library Saved: 15,000 People Celebrate
October 3rd 2009
The Huffington Post
by Lori Wood
Salinas Library's 100th birthday bash draws big crowd
September 28th 2009
The Salinas Californian
by Maria Ines Zamudio
The Mecca of books in Salinas celebrated its 100th birthday on Sunday afternoon with thousands of city residents joining the party.
On a warm, sunny day, the Salinas Public Libraries celebrated a century of bringing knowledge and culture to its citizens, organizers said.
Salinas library turns a page in history as it celebrates 100th birthday Sunday
September 26th 2009
The Californian
by Mike Hornick
When Salinas' first public library opened in 1909, the city became part of a unique moment in history.
The building at Main and San Luis streets, where the Bank of America now sits, was one of about 1,400 nationwide funded by steel baron and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Happy 100th birthday to the Salinas library system
Salinas Californian
Septmeber 26th 2009
On the eve of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Salinas Public Library system, organizers are preparing a novel activity: A time capsule is being filled with artifacts of the 21st century to share with the Salinas residents who will open it 100 years from now.
10 Pricey Cities That Pay Off
June 23rd, 2009
U.S. News and World Report
By Matthew Bandyk
When you pay a lot of money for something, you hope to get a lot of value in return. Despite the housing downturn and the number of cheap houses it has left in its wake, there is still plenty of expensive land left.
Cocktails at the Dump
August 14th, 2009
Front Porch Republic
by Pete Peterson
My father in-law, Ron, tells me a story of what life was like when he moved his young family (my wife not yet born) to the bucolic Southern California college town of Claremont in the mid-1960’s. Life was simpler then: “dry town” simple, take your garbage to the dump simple.
We’re Back! The director explains how Salinas Public Library is open, thriving, and setting trends
March 2009
American Libraries
by Elizabeth Martinez
The 2005 financial crisis in Salinas, California, gained national attention when the childhood home of author John Steinbeck, one of America’s Nobel Prize winners, closed all its public libraries. Now Salinas Public Library is open seven days a week.