Diversity Committee discusses “downtown”

The Keizer Community Diversity Engagement Committee held its meeting on Thursday, March 2. Three of the nine members were unable to attend.

City Planner Shane Witham testified before the committee about the state-mandated walkable mixed-use areas in Keizer. Oregon uses the term climate friendly. Witham was joined by Josh Mahar, a director with Portland consultant firm of  Kearns and West.

“Think of a downtown,” Witham told the committeee. “Keizer doesn’t have a central core. We…