Pagina en Español: Resistencia al Calor
In collaboration with the North Shore Community Development Coalition, the City of Salem, the MAPC, and Salem State, SAFE is supporting a resident-led urban heat resiliency pilot project in El Punto. We educate on the impacts of heat and drive data collection through heat sensors, surveys, and heat mapping. This is a Barr Foundation funded project.
High heat is an environmental justice issue.
Historically redlined districts are on average 5°F hotter than other districts. These neighborhoods are primarily occupied by people of color, putting them at a higher risk of experiencing disproportionate high heat.
In Salem, we have neighborhoods that experience high heat differently that others due to lack of green space, a higher density, etc. We are working on the pilot project in The Point because it is the most densely populated, high urban heat area in Salem.
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