The Albany City Council seems open to the idea of putting a local gas tax before the voters this fall. That’s the impression I got after catching the tail end of a council work session on Monday.
Willamette revival one house at a time
Written March 20th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood is coming back, and Paul Dykast and others like him are the reason why. They see an old house, dilapidated and maybe covered in vines, and seize the opportunity to make it into an appealing home that is both traditional and new.
Bill takes aim at left-lane hogs
Written March 18th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
On a slow day you can always amuse yourself by browsing what the Oregon legislature is up to. Take, for instance, the left-lane bill that cleared a Senate committee last Wednesday by a vote of 4 to zip.
Diverse ideas for new ‘natural area’
Written March 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
It took each of 13 graduate students in landscape architecture only a few weeks to come up with a different concept of how Albany might some day develop the East Thornton Lake Natural Area. They got the assignment in January, and on Friday they showed their plans to a small but appreciative audience at City Hall.
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Tags: East Thornton Lake Natural Area, Sustainable City Year, U of O landscape architecture
Tags: East Thornton Lake Natural Area, Sustainable City Year, U of O landscape architecture
St. Francis fix: ‘Financially unfeasible’
Written March 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Renovating the former St. Francis Hotel in downtown Albany is not financially feasible, two groups of students at the University of Oregon have concluded after a thorough analysis of the costs and potential returns.
Wayfinding price found way too stiff
Written March 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Most members of Albany’s urban renewal board want to install “wayfinding signs” downtown to point out the sights. But they’re not about to pay anything close to $300,000 — which was one estimate — to get it done.
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Council backs $159M school bond
No one argued about the issue or the amount of money involved Wednesday before the Albany City Council quickly and unanimously endorsed the school board’s request for a $159 million bond issue that’s on the ballot in May.
Tags: council endorsement, GAPS bond issue