An old metal building on Salem Avenue is about to get a new look if the owner goes through with his plans.
Owners of the former Oregon Electric Railway depot will receive at least part of the last grants to be handed out by the Central Albany Revitalization District (CARA), the city council has decided.
Twelve Albany property owners are competing for money in the last round of urban renewal grants from the Central Albany Revitalization Area or CARA.
The Central Albany Revitalization Area or CARA will end in June 2027, but not before handing out up to $545,000 in a final program of grants.
The Albany Waterfront Project is complete, the end of CARA is near, and electric ratepayers in the city won’t have to bear the full cost of placing overhead power lines on Water Avenue under ground.
Next week we may find out whether Albany customers of Pacific Power will be billed, and how much, for part of the cost of the city’s Waterfront Project.
CARA nears its end: Canal ideas died
CARA, the urban renewal program that covers central Albany, reached one of its final milestones last week. This made me think not just about the accomplishments of this program, but also of the high hopes some of us had 25 years ago and how those hopes were dashed.
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