The Salem-Roanoke Chamber of Commerce held a well attended ribbon-cutting on June 27 for Alli Pickle’s new Farmers Insurance Office in the Spartan Square Courtyard. The office opened earlier in June.

Pickle is a graduate of Salem High School and attended Roanoke College, where she studied business. While she plans to complete her degree, her career with Farmers is on the fast track. “It’s just been kind of like drinking out of a fire hose, but I’ve learned a lot,” she said.

Her father has been with the company for 12 years, and “it was just something that I felt I wanted to do.”

Pictured from left to right: Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Gloria Patton and Alice Stoddard, Chamber President Dennis Hudson, City of Salem Vice Mayor John Givens, Farmers Agent Alli Pickle, Salem City Councilman Randy Foley, Chamber Executive Director Debbie Kavitz, Farmers District Manager James Ringer, Officer Frank Parries, Luke Waldrop, and Chip Malus.