Housing and more housing — that’s the story of the area near Timber Ridge School in the East Albany Neighborhood.
At Oak Grove, a big tank and bigger hole
Written October 15th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The sight of a mammoth tank at the Oak Grove School construction site in North Albany made me wonder what it’s for. I got the answer, but I’m still amazed at the varied and apparently ancient geology revealed by a huge excavation on the site.
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Tags: Benton county geology ZCL Xerxes, Oak Grove School, Oak Grove tank
Tags: Benton county geology ZCL Xerxes, Oak Grove School, Oak Grove tank
City cool to Golf Club’s sale offer
Written October 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The city of Albany has been asked whether it wants to buy the Golf Club of Oregon, and the answer — so far anyway — is no thanks.
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Tags: Albany parks and recreation, Golf Course of Oregon, Jerry Claussen
Tags: Albany parks and recreation, Golf Course of Oregon, Jerry Claussen
Albany downtown: The riverfront next?
Written October 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
So what comes next for CARA, the central Albany urban renewal district? Mayor Sharon Konopa has an idea, and she mentioned it Saturday at the completion ceremony of the city’s two-year downtown streetscape project.
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Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, riverfront, streetscape project, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, riverfront, streetscape project, Water Avenue
Albany streetscape: Now that it’s done …
Written October 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
After dinner at Taqueria Alonzo on Friday night, I took a few minutes to walk around the downtown streetscape improvements whose completion the city of Albany will observe at noon today.
New trail nearly done in North Albany
Written October 11th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Benton County is nearly finished building a new trail through about 10 acres of woodlands at the southwest corner of Valley View Drive and Crocker Lane in North Albany.
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Tags: Albany Heights, Benton County parks, Benton natural areas, North Albany County Park, North Albany trail
Tags: Albany Heights, Benton County parks, Benton natural areas, North Albany County Park, North Albany trail
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Postscript: Why the hole was made so big
If you read Monday’s story behind the 25,000-gallon tank being installed at the new Oak Grove School in North Albany, you may have briefly wondered why the excavation for it was many times bigger than the tank.
Tags: excavation, Oak Grove School, wastewater tank