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CARA board stalls on waterfront project

Written September 17th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

The scope of Albany’s planned waterfront redevelopment remains unsettled after the advisory board of the city’s urban renewal district, CARA, this week could not agree on the details and a decision was put off.

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Tags: Albany waterfront, CARA, Walker/Macy

St. Francis project cost stuns CARA board

Written September 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Architect Bill Ryals’ concept of the restored St. Francis Hotel with a roof-top restaurant and diagonal parking on Ferry Street.Renovating the former St. Francis Hotel in downtown Albany would cost $10-11 million, and when it’s done it would be worth $4-5 million. This means that for the project to go ahead, the CARA urban renewal […]

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Tags: CARA, downown Albany, St. Francis, St. Francis-Rhodes, urban renewal

Water Ave.: A future ‘plaza street’ in the smoke

Written September 12th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Here we’re looking at the west end of Albany’s Water Avenue, shrouded in wildfire smoke on Saturday afternoon. Now try to imagine this as a “plaza street” where traffic can be blocked for street fairs, the farmers’ market, or other public events. This — the plaza street idea — may survive as the only part […]

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Tags: "plaza street", Albany waterfront, CARA, Water Avenue

Scale back the Albany riverfront project?

Written September 6th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

If you’re interested in the Albany Riverfront Project, or concerned about its future cost, you might want to tune in to the city council meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9

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Tags: Albany council, Albany Waterfront Project, CARA

Albany set to add EV stations downtown

Written May 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Pacific Power has offered to give the Albany urban renewal district (CARA) $63,548 to set up public charging stations for electric vehicles downtown.

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Tags: C2 Group, CARA, charging stations, downtown EV chargers, electric cars, Pacific Power

Can the Wells Fargo project be saved?

Written February 21st, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

The outlook for the redevelopment of the city-owned former Wells Fargo branch downtown looks uncertain now, but the city council has given the would-be developer three more months to see if the project is financially feasible.

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Tags: CARA, Gerding, Wells Fargo

Edgewater Village nearing the finish line

Written February 6th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

The biggest residential development on Albany’s Willamette riverfront is rapidly nearing completion. I see the progress at Edgewater Village every time I ride past on the Dave Clark Path, which happens several times a week.

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Tags: CARA, Edgewater Village, Willamette riverfront