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From an idea to now: Intermodal center ready

Written November 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 25 responses.

It was in February 2017 when I got wind of a plan to turn the vacant former paper mill property in Millersburg into a reloading center to connect Willamette Valley shippers with the rest of the world. It sounded far-fetched at the time, but on Wednesday I got a chance to take a look at […]

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Tags: containers, ITS ConGlobal, Linn County, Mid-willamette Intermodal Center, Millersburg, reloading center, trucks an trains

Checking on St. Francis as state panel visits

Written October 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

Scott Lepman doesn’t have an estimate of how long it will take to refurbish the old St. Francis Hotel at Ferry Street and First Avenue in downtown Albany. But he, his brother Spencer and their construction crew are about to start.

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Tags: Albany downtown, Albany Revitalization Agency, historic restoration, Lepman, Opera House, St. Francis

Bikeway extension on Queen now is complete

Written August 14th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Problems with the delivery of concrete mix evidently were resolved so that the extension of the Periwinkle Bikepath along Queen Avenue in Albany could be completed.

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Incomplete: Another sign of supply problems

Written July 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 31 responses.

If you’re wondering why the extension of the Periwinkle Bikepath along Queen Avenue in Albany is still unfinished, there’s an explanation. And like so much else these days, it has to do with a shortage of supplies and the time it takes to get things you want or need.

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Tags: concrete, Geary Street, Queen Avemue path, Queen Avenue bikeway, shortages, supply chain

Polco portable potty poll: Now the results

Written June 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Not many people took part in an online Albany poll on portable toilets. But of those who did, a majority said yes, Albany should “allow portable toilets on private property for public use.”

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Tags: Albany council, Polco poll, portable toilets

A few seconds with a humble bumblebee

Written May 3rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Somewhere I had read that like other pollinators, bumblebees were in decline. So I was glad to see one working these rhododendron bushes on Monday afternoon.

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On Wells Fargo site, a setback for CARA

Written April 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Hopes of rebuilding the former Wells Fargo Bank branch in downtown Albany by adding three floors of apartments have been dashed by the rising cost of construction.

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Tags: Albany urban renewal, ARA, CARA, downtown Albany, Gerding Builders, Wells Fargo