KEIZERTIMES/File If Keizer attempted to absorb all of its projected growth within the existing city boundaries, the next 3,800 families moving into new, single family homes would be placed on one-tenth of an acre each , roughly 5,100 square feet. Bob Parker, a projector director at ECONorthwest, a consulting firm[Read More…]
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City staff levels on deck as major council goal
KEIZERTIMES/File Revising and updating the city charter, beginning a new parks master plan, expanding the youth council program, continued outreach and engagement and beginning a conversation about long-term city staffing will be the top goals for the Keizer City Council for the next two years. Goal-setting was the only thing[Read More…]
Traffic signal coming to transit center
Prep work is being done for a new signalized intersection where the Keizer Transit Center meets Keizer Station Boulevard. (KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald) After operating the Keizer Transit Center (KTC) for more than five years with only right-in /right-out access only, the KTC is about to get a new traffic signal[Read More…]
Cherriots could dramatically reduce youth fares
It’s less than 200 days until Cherriots restores Saturday service and, in addition to that, the Salem Area Mass Transit District Board of Directors will take public comment on proposed changes to its youth fare program at a meeting Thursday, Feb. 28. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m.[Read More…]
Chemeketa hosts VEX robotics state finale
Chemeketa Community College will host the VEX Robotics State finale on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9. The event will be at the Salem campus in the building 7 Gym starting at 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday. The public is invited to see middle and[Read More…]
Keizer City Council Agenda
CITY OF KEIZER MISSION STATEMENT: KEEP CITY GOVERNMENT COSTS AND SERVICES TO A MINIMUM BY PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN A COORDINATED, EFFICIENT AND LEAST COST FASHION A G E N D A KEIZER CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Monday, February 25, 2019 5:45 p.m. Robert L. Simon Council[Read More…]
Fight for literacy
File Coming into the school year, administration at McNary High School knew that they were getting a high volume of incoming ninth graders that weren’t reading at grade level — roughly 45 percent of the freshman class. During the first semester, McNary offered literacy tutorials for students that needed remedial[Read More…]
River Rd redux hones in on cyclists, pedestrians
Visitors to an open house on revitalizing River Road assess some of the proposals coming out of the study. (KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald) About three dozen Keizer residents, city officials and committee volunteers turned out to give feedback on proposals for revitalizing Keizer’s commercial corridors during an open house Tuesday, Feb. 12. [Read More…]
Schools, church strike $2.26 million deal
A weeks-long standoff over six acres behind St. Edward Catholic Church came to an abrupt end on Valentine’s Day. Salem-Keizer Public Schools and the church leadership struck a $2.26 million deal for that land that will allow the district to proceed with plans to expand capacity at McNary High School.[Read More…]
West Salem shooting range: A possible solution?
File A measure proposed by Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney would open the possibility of suing city and county jurisdictions when bullets stray from private property and injure others. The bill, Senate Bill 781 (SB781), may not have an immediate impact on the dispute between residents of west Keizer and[Read More…]