Oregon has a “Climate Action Commission.” Even though we don’t need this group, the legislature created it in 2007 as the Global Warming Commission and renamed it in 2023.
Albany city planners are reviewing a site plan for a subsidized housing project facing Creel Avenue, a residential street one block south of the Walmart Supercenter.
This dilapidated barricade and its vague promise of a street extension have been in place for more than a decade. Now the barricade is falling apart, and the future possibility mentioned in the sign has not yet arrived.
A trip along Albany’s creekside paths can be discouraging because of the mess that a few people leave behind. I was reminded of this on a bike ride down the Cox Creek Path on Jan. 6.
On one of my bike rides around Albany the other day, I happened by chance to go past three construction sites that had one thing in common. They made use of sites to create new housing within established neighborhoods.
If ODOT and the railroads ever carry out their plans for the Queen Avenue crossing in Albany, I’ll quit writing about it. But the improvement project at the crossing keeps slipping further back in time.
A visit to soggy Bryant Park in mid-January
The bike took me to Albany’s Bryant Park Wednesday. The park remains closed to vehicles because of the recent flooding, but people can get around the gates on foot or on two wheels.
Tags: Albany parks, bicycling, Bryant Park, high water