Speaking of electricity, what about Albany’s small hydropower plant on the Calapooia River at the end of the Santiam Canal?
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National chain plans Albany tire store
Written March 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Discount Tire, described as the largest independent tire and wheel retailer in the world, plans to open an Albany store.
Posted in: News
Tags: Albany city planning, Bruce Halle, Discount Tire, Halle Properties, site plan review, tires and wheels
Tags: Albany city planning, Bruce Halle, Discount Tire, Halle Properties, site plan review, tires and wheels
New rules for city planning: Climate, equity
Written March 29th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
As if Oregon’s land use regulations were not complicated enough, the state is working on additional rules in order to slow climate change and be fair to “priority populations” such as racial and other minorities.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Executive Order 20-04, Land Conservation and Development Department, Oregon land use, priority populations
Tags: Albany planning, Executive Order 20-04, Land Conservation and Development Department, Oregon land use, priority populations
‘Scenic bikeway:’ Where the signs take you
Written March 28th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A little green sign on Albany’s Main Street points east on First and says “scenic bikeway.” Really? Scenic? I wondered where it leads.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany rides, East Fist Avenue, Main Street, Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway
Tags: Albany rides, East Fist Avenue, Main Street, Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway
Tower clocks at Albany Station: Aaaargh!
Written March 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Those clocks on the tower at Albany Station are turning into some kind of headache for the people in city government who have to deal with them again and again.
SB 554 puts gun issue before council
Written March 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A year ago the Albany City Council considered a gun issue and then dropped it. Now guns may come up again, in an entirely different context, if the Oregon House goes along and passes Senate Bill 554.
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Our EV future and parking on the street
In Oregon’s push to electrify the transportation sector, here’s a question we haven’t heard much about: How does on-street parking work when you have to recharge your car every night so next morning it will start?
Tags: electric vehicles, EVs, on-street parking, Oregon Go Electric