Planners for Oregon Passenger Rail are aiming to double the number of round trips up and down the Willamette Valley, from three to six. That’s one of the details I was reminded of at an open house on the project Tuesday night.
The old Cumberland Church in lights
Written December 3rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
At the end of a long and tedious work session of the Albany City Council Monday, Councilman Ray Kopczynski mentioned that Christmas lights had been installed at the former Cumberland Church. Now that, I thought, was worth taking a look.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: cumberland church, Ray Kopczynski, Save Our Cumberland Association
Tags: cumberland church, Ray Kopczynski, Save Our Cumberland Association
Cyclists at the ‘gore:’ What to do now?
Written December 3rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
That’s an awkward place for a bike lane to end, and apparently I’m not alone in thinking so. Someone made the same point to the Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany bicycling, Albany cycling routes, Albany traffic, Interstate 5, Knox Butte Road, ODOT
Tags: Albany bicycling, Albany cycling routes, Albany traffic, Interstate 5, Knox Butte Road, ODOT
Oregon Passenger Rail: A chance to react
Written December 2nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Of the many ways to get from Albany to Seattle and back, taking Amtrak is probably the cheapest and least stressful. Oregon officials are still working on a plan to make the Oregon leg of the trip more convenient, and a little faster too.
Art for Albany: City panel picks a concept
Written November 30th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
On a winter night, imagine going down the Pacific Boulevard off-ramp to downtown Albany and, on your right, seeing the petals of giant wildflowers glowing in the dark. Pretty cool, right?
Downtown housing proves hard to build
Written November 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
One of these days, but not right away, this lot on Albany’s Third Avenue S.E. may or may not hold eight townhouse-style apartments. That’s what I got out of a long discussion Wednesday by the advisory board of the Central Albany Revitalization Area.
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Tags: Albany downtown, CARA loan, Downtown housing, Fortmiller Building, Lepman brothers
Tags: Albany downtown, CARA loan, Downtown housing, Fortmiller Building, Lepman brothers
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School construction: Taking a look
Crews are making all kinds of progress on building two new Albany elementary schools. On Tuesday I got a tour of both projects, Meadow Ridge and Oak Grove.
Tags: Albany school construction, David McKay, GAPS bond projects, HMK Company, Oregon schools