As  the city considers expanding its new outreach and cleaning programs into northeast Salem, city officials want to hear from residents there. Officials are asking residents to take an online survey available through Aug. 2 about the proposed Northeast United project, the city said in a release earlier this week.  The city said the survey is designed to collect data and help identify issues that are top of mind in northeast Salem. The survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.  Salem Community Engagement Manager Ashley Dunn told Salem Reporter that, depending on residents, service expansions could include programs recently deployed both downtown and citywide as part of the city’s Safe, Clean and Healthy initiative.  Those include the Salem Police Department’s Homeless Services Team and the city’s Clean Team, which respond to homeless camps across Salem. Both teams were expanded to work seven days a week at the beginning of the year.  Services could also include the Salem Fire Department-run REACH Team, a mobile crisis unit that responds to mental health calls downtown. At this point, Dunn said, the city is still working on figuring out what resources are most needed.  “We don’t know what the problem is going to be coming out of northeast Salem. So, right now we are hosting the community survey in order to get feedback from residents in real time, so that we can begin to get an understanding as to what do residents and our constituents see as the problems in that area,” Dunn said. Dunn said the framework the city plans to deploy in northeast Salem is the same one deployed downtown. It stems from the city’s participation in the Bloomberg Harvard Leadership Initiative which helps cities address a multifaceted issue through collaborative problem-solving and with a long-term vision. Dunn said that after the city starts to figure out what issues are on people’s minds, it will put together a team of 30 who will begin breaking down the data to start identifying problems and solutions.  “We do have some early data and feedback coming in, which is great, but right now it is a bit too early to tell what direction this collaboration will take,” Dunn said. “If we are going with what the similar model shows is we can generally place it under safety and livability.” Contact reporter Joe Siess: [email protected].  “My go-to source every morning for accurate, local news.” Make Salem Reporter your trusted source for independent local reporting – every day. Stay informed and connected. Subscribe today. The post Salem seeks input from northeast residents on service expansions   appeared first on Salem Reporter. ...read more read less