Ten years as Salem’s perfectly sized convention center

Ten years. Nearly 900,000 event attendees. More than $33 million in total net revenue. Steady revenue growth, year by year, and an unbroken record of operating in the black. By any measure, the Salem Convention Center is an acknowledged urban success. It is also a landmark player in downtown Salem’s ongoing revitalization.

See How They Run

BY LINDA BAKER

Studying ground-running birds, a group that ranks among nature’s speediest and most agile bipedal runners, to build a faster robot.

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In early September, Inverge — an “interdisciplinary thought-leader event” as organizers call it — took place in the Gerding Theater in Portland’s Pearl District.