After checking out the interior of the first units in Edgewater Village over the weekend, I’m encouraged about the prospects of this, Albany’s biggest investment yet in reviving a blighted part of the old downtown.
A good name for our time
Written August 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
What’s the first thing you think of when you see this banner? I was thinking: This could be an invitation to rebel against the nutty system by which tennis players keep score.
Here’s a plug for sweet taste; really!
Written August 8th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
There’s no road construction — and thus no flaggers or delays — between North Albany and Adair Village. This is one good reason, though not the biggest, for making a quick run to the Sweet Taste Bakery & Coffee House in Adair..
Initiative update: Albany accepts four
Written August 7th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Albany City Clerk Mary Dibble has rejected two initiatives and acepted four others proposed by North Albany resident Tom Cordier. But Cordier plans to file an amended version bundling the four into one and dropping the idea that got the other two rejected. That idea was to repeal all existing franchise fees and privilege taxes […]
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, franchise fees, initiative proposals, Mary Dibble, Tom Cordier, utility taxes
Tags: Albany City Council, franchise fees, initiative proposals, Mary Dibble, Tom Cordier, utility taxes
Great bond sale, and a question
Written August 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Albany officials were delighted with the results of Wednesday’s bond sale to pay for the planned new police headquarters and downtown fire station replacement. The high demand — 10 bidders — showed the strength of the city’s financial situation. As for me, I was a little puzzled, which once again shows that I’m mystified by […]
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Tags: $18 million bond, Albany City Council, public safety buildings
Tags: $18 million bond, Albany City Council, public safety buildings
Edgewater Village: Deadline is met
Written August 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
For someone who has been following the long history of this Albany site on the Willamette River, as I have, this weekend marks another milestone. The first five houses of Edgewater Village are finished, beating a deadline, and the public gets a look at them Saturday.
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Pot in Albany: Sales ban possible
If the Albany City Council wants once again to wade into the thicket of marijuana regulation, it can do so under Oregon laws passed this year. Among other things it could ban the sale of recreational marijuana, but the ban would have to be submitted to the voters in the 2016 general election.
Tags: Albany City Council, Oregon marijuana law, recreational marijuana, Sean Kidd