Chamber requests tourism funds to fix destroyed building

The Chamber of Commerce director requested financial assistance for the remodel of their building at the Feb. 14 City Council meeting.

Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rebecca Grizzle presented the board with a proposed redesign of the former 1950s cinderblock DMV building, which was converted to the Chamber in the 1980s.

“It wasn’t designed to be a visitor’s center,” Grizzle said, “and largely our physical presence, that’s what we are.”

Johnathan M. Davis, of Salem,…