Salisbury, MD – Salisbury has been named the number one city on Realtor.com’s list of 10 Smaller Cities Poised to Become Powerhouses. Realtor’s team compared data from the Nation’s top 200 largest metropolitan areas, and factored in population, average income, average home price, employment statistics, available cultural amenities, and building permit growth. The data puts Salisbury atop an impressive list of cities such as Daytona, FL, Winston-Salem, NC, Knoxville, TN, and Grand Rapids, MI, to name just a few.
According to Realtor.com, key factors in Salisbury’s ranking included record growth in the City’s metropolitan statistical area, low cost-of-living, a boom in small business growth, and a craft beer scene which brings in visitors—and prospective residents—from across the region. Construction permitting, which contributed to Salisbury’s ranking, saw a record year in 2017, with over $55 million dollars in projects in the City.
The good news of the top ranking comes in the midst of a very big year for Salisbury:
• The inaugural SBY Marathon, a Boston Marathon qualifier, drew over 1,000 runners to Salisbury in April. Registrants came from as far away as the United Kingdom.
• The National Folk Festival begins its 3-year residency here in September. The event is expected to draw anywhere from 60 thousand to one hundred thousand attendees in its first year.
• Work on the City’s Main St. continues, thanks in part to 1 million dollars allocated by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. Once complete, the overhaul will give Downtown Salisbury a fresh face, and Maryland’s fastest high speed broadband at every front door in the metro core.
• Construction on the Riverwalk Amphitheater is nearing completion. This exciting new space will feature a public art installation which will act as a sound baffle along the edge of Business Rte. 13.
• Significant cosmetic upgrades to the City’s parking garage were recently unveiled, including a parking pad for food trucks which already frequent Downtown. These upgrades are expected to be complete in time for the National Folk Festival.
• Due to ever-increasing attendance, the City’s popular 3rd Friday celebration recently expanded its footprint to include the portion of W. Market St. in front of Acorn Market and Angello’s Boutique.
• Programming has begun at the new Truitt St. Youth Center, and work is currently underway on the Newton St. Youth Center in the North Camden Neighborhood.
• Waterside Park has had State money allocated for a new parking lot, playing fields, and other upgrades to complement the recently-overhauled basketball courts
• Salisbury hosted its first Christmas Market and Winter Wonderland celebration in the Salisbury City Park, featuring a 50’ Christmas tree and an ice skating rink
• Phase 2 construction is underway on the Salisbury Skatepark. This current phase, which expands the park by more than half, will be complete by the end of July.
• Salisbury celebrated the arrival of its new Andean Bear, Pinocchio. The animal came from Salisbury sister city, Salinas, Ecuador.
• The Naylor Mill Forest Trail, which was saved from development by concerned citizens and the City Council, was granted the largest conservation easement inside any municipality in the State of Maryland. The trail was recently dedicated with signage and upgrades to the trail head.
“Our mission is to be one of the best small cities in America, and it’s extremely gratifying to see the work our City team and our citizens are doing recognized in this way,” said Mayor Jake Day. “It’s an impressive list, and to be leading that pack is such an honor.”
29 comments:
Blocking that much traffic for just 1000 people is a failure! Just because one person was from the UK does does qualify a marathon a success. More people showed up for the Seaside 10 inauguration in O.C. Every other future Salisbury event stated remains to be seen. I can state with the upmost certainty, these events have had no impact on values. I've been valuating property all over the eastern shore for banks for about 15 years. $55 million in projects! What do you and I have to show for it? Nothing but higher taxes, fines, and B.S.
Anyone who believes the folk festival will bring 60,000-100,000 people is crazy! SBY is a crap hole, and only getting worse.
This guy us delusional
This has to be a joke. Salisbury a city poised to become a Powerhouse, wow, needed that laugh for the day.
Did anyone from Realtor.com actually visit the city?
As someone who purchased a home last year and looked both in the city and the county, I can honestly say that several realtors
steered me away from the city towards property in the county. I ended up purchasing a home in the county.
Coming from another State I have seen cities be named the “ Best” for different reasons but when you peeled back the layers you find the city itself submitted all of the information and no one from the company compiling the data actually sent someone to verify the information.
April FOOLS!!!!!
Did anyone from realtor.com mention the crime rates?
Bingo 9:30 am! Double taxes and more regs to follow. You were wise in your purchase!
If you read the report, it counts a broad swath of Delmarva as "Salisbury". This includes Sussex county which isn't even in the same state and has a whole different set of rules than Wicomico and Maryland.
Yeah as if they really think they can squeeze in 100k of people by the river...
Gotta love Salisbury residents. Even when the get some good news about themselves they ruined it. Why don't ALL of you move away?? Bunch of DEBBIE DOWNER'S. Take your thumbs out of your mouths.
Try to leave a comment on the citys page and Jakey will delete it lol
Salisbury has become a shit hole ,check out the crime here that you don't even know about,every day theres something
Yeah we need all that craft beer to cope with all the BS.
@ 10:45, If Fake Day resigned and moved out of town there would be an overwhelming amount of positive comments about something good happening.
If America had hemorrhoids, they’d be in Salisbury.
Moved here 20 years ago. Thought it was a decent little town, schools were half way decent and economy was reasonable. Five more years then I’m getting as far away from this ghetto fart hole as is humanly possible.
Y’all should realize that retirement age folks from the north are moving here and recognize the value of their dollar here vs elsewhere
Does realtor.com realize that shitsbury is a slumlord haven now days? Nothing but ghetto slums now. Democrats have ruined shitsbury just like all other cities controlled by them and sinking like quicksand more everyday! This folk festival will not help things. I will not go because I and any other smart person can see the writing on the wall of the fights etc that will come with it after dark.
Thanks for posting this... I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time! salisbury is full of run down rentals, jobless drug addicts, and empty commercial properties. If it looks good on paper, it's because of the very generous wording used to describe events like the over glorified happy hour that is 3rd Friday, or the "new amphitheatre" which is in reality a new set of concrete steps for the meth heads to gather on. If Salisbury is such a power house, why don't we have a single decent grocery store? Why are franchises like Cracker Barrel announcing they are coming to the area and then running away screaming instead? And, did they REALLY use Main Street construction as an example of something good happening in this area?? Seriously?!?! It's more than a year after the projected completion date and the subject of a law suit, for pete's sake! How is that a good thing?? 100% laughable!!
@1:30. I heard the same BS for 15 years now. How many Mayor's?? How many PW DIRECTORS?? How many police Chief's?? How many council's?? YAWN. People leave except the same old nay sayers. Have you ever seen the commercial when all the THAT WONT WORK go?? Hit the beach bitches. LMAO.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Gotta love Salisbury residents. Even when the get some good news about themselves they ruined it. Why don't ALL of you move away?? Bunch of DEBBIE DOWNER'S. Take your thumbs out of your mouths.
May 22, 2018 at 10:45 AM
If you call this good news, you are as delusional as the rest of those kids in the government building. I did move away, even tho I was lucky enough NOT to live within city limits.
I don't care how many festivals, bike rentals, feel good bs stories they try to promote smallsbury with, only IF and when they address the crime in that shithole will things begin to look up.
Lying to people to sucker them into coming to that place unaware of what truly awaits them is a bad idea and policy. Not only will the people eventually find out the truth they will also harbor ill feelings and likely never return and tell others the real story there.
Keep your wishful thinking. Most do wish it were true. Sadly reality tells a totally different story.
city growth? entitlement growth? I do not see a business growth that provide jobs that we need.
Need the hazmat crew to clean up all this BS.
There is no way that many people will come here. There aren’t enough nice hotels to house them and let’s be real, Salisbury is a rundown town. I only go into Salisbury for dr , dentist and eye appts. There is nothing that would draw me to downtown Salisbury. Too many sketchy people walking around aimlessly all day.
Gets an 'A' for creative writing!
I'm sure many are moving here to get a glimpse of the replacement bear from S. America. And the expanded skate park.
How did they overlook the stand-up paddle franchise, the free orange bikes and the pristine swimming hole we call the Wicomico River?
Spelling error. Jake ment to say,
"Salisbury Maryland is poised to become a Poorhouse"
@May 22, 2018 at 1:45 pm. Trash like you coming here and bringing your lifestyle with you, ruined the Eastern Shore. Where did you come from? Are you one of those Baltimorons?
@ May 22, 2018 at 2:32 PM. We don't want their dollars. They don't want anything to do with us here on the shore until they retire them want to come here because it is so bad where they are from. They made their money there, they can stay there.
Wait till the riff-raff show up at the folk festival with their foul mouths and fights and arguing with festival goers and breaking into their cars, etc, etc. The word will get around what it's really like around here and attendance will suffer every year after the first. Stop trying to ruin Salisbury, mayor and council. This is only being done to line the pockets of business's around here anyway. You know, the good ole boy scum bags.
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