Those beautiful steps in front of the Linn County Courthouse may just be too tempting if you’re a kid with a skateboard.
No suprise: Albany’s official camp site for homeless people will be in a part of town that already has become something like Homeless Central.
It was four years ago, in July 2019, that I first reported on Albany’s Creating Housing Coalition and its hopes of building a community of tiny houses for people who have no place else to live. Now the group is about to start building the place.
An evening bike ride took me past Albany City Hall on Thursday, June 1, and I saw the results of action the city council took on May 24 in the matter of flags on display.
No, the little yellow machine they used to compact the fill at the former Wells Fargo lot in downtown Albany is not actually a robot even though it looks like it functions on its own.
A three-story building holding six apartments is in store for a vacant property on East First Avenue in Albany if the owner carries through with plans submitted to the city planning division.
Chick-fil-A proposed near freeway
Plans to build a Chick-fil-A restaurant near the Santiam Highway/Interstate 5 interchange in Albany have been perking along since last summer. One complication is that a zone change is needed so the restaurant’s employees have a place to park.
Tags: 3225 Santiam Hwy. SE, Chick-fil-A, Original Breakfast, restaurants, zone change