A proposed truck stop near the I-5 interchange with Old Salem Road has caused a stir in Millersburg, where the city’s planning commission is scheduled to take up the matter on Jan. 10.
North Albany grocery: It’s official
Written January 5th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The new supermarket and hardware store planned for North Albany Village will open this spring, perhaps as early as May 1. That’s the hope of Tyler Myers, president of The Myers Group, who called me from Seattle Thursday to confirm the plans for what will be his company’s first store in Oregon.
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Tags: Ace hardware, North Albany grocery, North Albany Village, The Myers Group
Tags: Ace hardware, North Albany grocery, North Albany Village, The Myers Group
Benton goes on with bikeway study
Written January 3rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Benton County will keep going with a study to see if there’s a feasible way to build an Albany-Corvallis bike route without stepping on any land owners’ toes, the board of commissioners voted this afternoon.
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Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Barney and Worth, Benton County Commissioners
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Barney and Worth, Benton County Commissioners
Samaritan’s Geary clinic to expand
Written January 2nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
It looks like the expansion of Samaritan Health Services in Albany will continue in 2017. The city’s community development department has approved a site plan that calls for a big addition to Albany General Hospital’s clinic at 1700 Geary St. S.E.
North Albany to regain a grocery
Written December 30th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
It’s been a long wait, but North Albany is on the verge of getting its own grocery store again. Not only that, but as I get the story, the grocery will be paired with a hardware store.
Back-in parking on the wrong side
Written December 28th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany officials cite several benefits of the back-in diagonal parking that will be installed on three sides of the post office starting in January. They don’t mention the downside, which motorists will probably notice when they try to use the new setup.
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Tags: Albany Carousel, Albany streetscape project, angled parking, back-in angled parking
Tags: Albany Carousel, Albany streetscape project, angled parking, back-in angled parking
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Goodbye trees; you’ll be replaced
It’s possible that what starts next week will become known as the great Albany tree massacre of 2017. But in a few years the massacre may be forgotten as a whole bunch of new and — one hopes — more stately trees grace downtown streets.
Tags: Albany streetscape, street trees downtown, tree removal