Salem Taking Care Of Business With Revamped Support Guide

SALEM, MA — Salem is looking to make it a bit easier to launch and sustain a business in the Witch City with a revamped "Doing Business in Salem" guide.

The guide has gone through several changes since it was first issued in 2009 with the latest version including information on navigating the local permitting process, live links to resources, municipal contacts and other business support available.

"Owning a business is an exciting venture filled with challenges," Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo said in announcing the relaunch. "This guide offers existing and prospective entrepreneurs a well-organized and streamlined handbook in which to navigate them.

"Particularly exciting are the extensive opportunities for business development and growth offered both by the city and its local and regional economic development partners like the Salem Chamber of Commerce, Salem Main Streets, the Enterprise Center at Salem State University, SBA Small Business Development, Mill Cities Community Investment, MassDevelopment, and North Shore Community Development Coalition."

The guide can be found on the city's Business and Economic Development website here.

Those with questions are encouraged to contact the Planning and Community Development office at 978-619-5685.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)