Applying park regulations to a path is one thing. Making them stick is something else. Take a look, for example, at the path alongside the Union Pacific right-of-way from Albany Station to Swanson Park. Take a look and be dismayed.
Cities now can fight urban deer
Written July 16th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany may not have a problem with too many deer, but some Oregon cities apparently do. To help them, the legislature passed Senate Bill 373, which calls for a way to get rid of some of those urban deer.
Repairs and paint downtown
Written July 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Structures in downtown Albany are getting dressed up this summer with urban renewal help from CARA, the Central Albany Revitalization Area.
Millersburg reload hub: Next steps
Written July 14th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Things have been strangely silent since I reported on July 6 on the $25 million allocation for a possible Millersburg intermodal shipping hub that Rep. Andy Olson got approved as part of the legislature’s transportation law. But it won’t be quiet long.
Posted in: News, Uncategorized
Tags: International Paper, Millersburg intrmodal, Nyquist, Olson, reload facility
Tags: International Paper, Millersburg intrmodal, Nyquist, Olson, reload facility
‘Rain tax’? This case proves it
Written July 13th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
John Robinson has to pay Albany’s rain tax on property he owns even though it does not drain to any city system. His case illustrates that what the city calls a storm water utility charge is not a service fee but in fact a tax.
Council sticks with ‘harmony’
Written July 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council Wednesday night voted 4-2 against changing the ordinance authorizing the city’s Human Relations Commission. Despite nearly two hours of speeches by supporters of the change, the question of how the different words would change the volunteer commission’s work was never answered.
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Tags: diversity, equity, harmony, huan relations Albany coouncil, inclusion
Tags: diversity, equity, harmony, huan relations Albany coouncil, inclusion
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Water Avenue: A street solution?
On a bike ride along the Albany riverfront, I could not help noticing that segments of Water Avenue now have a nice new surface. Could the same kind of treatment be a solution for the many old city streets where the potholes resemble craters on the moon?
Tags: Albany streets, Chip seal paving, Water Avenue