JANUARY 25, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
New owners, new Planning Commission looks
to a more proactive 2019
space for Keizer gym
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Personal trainer Cameron Tadlock, one of the new Snap Fitness franchise owners in Keizer,
shows off new space inside the gym.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer’s Snap Fitness location has new own-
ers and will unveil a new expansion at 10 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26.
Personal trainers Cameron Tadlock and
Carrie Strong recently purchased the franchise
location from the previous owner and have
added nearly 1,500 square feet of “functional
fi tness” space.
“The stuff we have in there is colorful and
fun and its the perfect way to supplement the
regular gym stuff. Looks more like a daycare
center for adults,” said Tadlock.
Functional fi tness focuses on balance and
coordination through movements like kneel-
ing, squatting, running, jumping and more.
It’s completing the circuit found in traditional
gyms that focus on cardio and lifting, Tadlock
said.
The new space will have seven stations
outfi tted with equipment like punching bags,
sandbags, tire fl ips and battle ropes. It also has
57 feet of turf surface and a sled push.
“I am so unbelievably excited. When I got
into fi tness, I was so bored. You’re stuck be-
tween science and very creative marketing. I
think most gyms are done wrong, we’re sup-
posed to be here to help people,” Tadlock said.
Tadlock became a certifi ed trainer almost 10
years ago after a career in retail management.
While working in construction, a friend en-
couraged him to go to a gym and he dropped
70 pounds and it put him on a new path.
He’s been part the Keizer Snap Fitness loca-
tion, 5442 River Road N., since 2011.
In addition to the new space, Keizer’s Snap
Fitness offers cardio and weight machines, per-
sonal training and a special room where mem-
bers can cue up one of more than 350 training
programs on demand.
For more information, call 503-400-6344.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
In the midst of numerous
conversations about growth
in Keizer, the city’s Planning
Commission is expecting a
busy year.
In that widening gyre, Com-
missioner Garry Whalen urged
fellow commissioners to ap-
proach their tasks with a differ-
ent mindset.
“This is a great time for us
to think about what we want to
be. We have a chance to look at
Keizer’s future and what it will
be for our kids and grandkids,”
Whalen said. “We can direct
questions to city staff rather
than reacting to staff reports
and questions.”
Whalen, who chairs the
committee, said his thoughts
on the matter were prompted
by looking at the commission’s
upcoming slate of growth-cen-
tered projects.
“We’re not required to grow
outside the current UGB and I
don’t think it should be auto-
matic that bigger is better,” he
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at 8:30 a.m. at the Keizer
Fire Station (661 Chemawa
Road NE, Keizer, Oregon).
Strategic planning (fi ve-
year forecast) will be the
main topic of discussion.
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Sweeping Dates of Every Month
KFD plans work session
on 5-year strategic plan
There will be a public
work session of the Keizer
Fire District Board of Direc-
tors on Saturday, Feb. 2
The session will begin
“I think we can grow with-
out expanding, and I think it
falls to us to think through this
and determine how we align
with city council and staff,” he
said.
He also referenced the lack
of jobs in the community. Keiz-
er has a meager jobs-to-house-
hold ratio. A balanced ratio is
considered slightly more than
one job per household. Keizer
has .48 jobs per household and
more than a third of them are
in the retail sector. Economists
suggest ideal communities have
about 10 percent of their jobs
in retail.
“There is a number of small
business and then grocery stores
and things like that to sell us
needed goods, but we don’t re-
ally have a jobs space. We need
to fi nd a way to attract jobs and
fi gure out where to place those
jobs,” Whalen said.
Brown said the ramped-up
interest in growth might mean
meeting on different days, but
commissioners agreed to being
fl exible.
said.
Keizer Development Direc-
tor Nate Brown said city staff
will be looking to the com-
missioners this year to “grind
through” a number of expected
reports the city will use to de-
termine how to grow.
“When we start talking
about potentially limiting ac-
cess along River Road, there
is no business that is going to
be okay with that, and we will
need your help,” Brown said.
The Keizer Planning Com-
mission holds a unique place
among the city’s various com-
mittee and task forces in that it
is the only one required to ex-
ist under Oregon law and that
mandate comes with specifi c
guidelines regarding the make-
up of the commission.
While much of the conver-
sation in city’s guiding offi ces
has revolved around expanding
the Urban Growth Boundary,
Whalen said the city is only re-
quired, under land use rules, to
encourage enough housing for
the expected growth.
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