Woodland Square is beginning to look for tenants, as the sign indicates, but by the time the first ones move in early next year, this brand new Albany apartment complex will likely have a different name.
What the hell, it’s only money!
Written October 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
It’s nice to be reminded now and then, and especially just before an election, how casually public money is being thrown around at various levels of government. Three examples spring to mind.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany roundabout, CARA, Kitzhaber, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon State University
Tags: Albany roundabout, CARA, Kitzhaber, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon State University
An update on Woodland Square
Written October 16th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The apartment buildings in Albany’s Woodland Square project are going up pretty fast. At least it seems that way to this frequent passerby. And it’s possible the first residents may be able to move in next February.
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Tags: CARA, Greenberry Construction, Innovative Housing, Julie Garver, Woodland Square
Tags: CARA, Greenberry Construction, Innovative Housing, Julie Garver, Woodland Square
Albany’s welcoming roundabout
Written October 15th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Looks like Albany’s newest roundabout will welcome drivers to the city’s historic districts, at a cost so far estimated at between $70,000 and $90,000 including landscaping.
Roundabout ‘art’ threat is averted
Written October 1st, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The orange construction screening in the middle of Albany’s newest traffic circle may look kind of fetching, but as you suspected it is not the final answer. City officials have been giving some thought to what should go in the center of the new roundabout at Main Street and Salem and Third avenues. But don’t worry. […]
CARA: Let’s finish what we started
Written September 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
CARA, Albany’s downtown renewal program, wants to complete what it started. That’s why on Thursday, the advisory board of the Central Albany Revitalization Area voted unanimously to authorize that designs be prepared of streetscape improvements along segments of Water, Second and Third avenues as well as Lyon and Ellsworth streets.
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What’s up at Edgewater Village?
Edgewater Village is a planned residential neighborhood that everyone hopes will rejuvenate Albany’s riverfront on the Willamette. The hope is there, along with new sewer lines and new streets, but the first house has yet to be started. The public has an interest because CARA, the city’s urban renewal program, has spent $2.4 million on […]
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, Edgewater Village