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Up for discussion: Use of city-owned vacant lot

Written February 28th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Since 2013, the City of Albany has owned nearly one acre of former railroad land near the Willamette riverfront. Off and on since then, city officials have talked about what to do with the vacant lot. Now they’d like to hear from the public.


Edgewater wants to buy vacant city lot

Written March 7th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

If you stand on Hill Street in Albany and look across Water Avenue and the railroad track — like in the photo above — you see a vacant lot of about one acre. It’s owned by the city of Albany, and the developers of Edgewater Village want to buy it. George and Paula Diamond, the […]


This empty city lot awaits some use

Written May 9th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Now that Edgewater Village is finished, it’s once again time for the Albany City Council to consider what to do with a vacant lot in the middle of the development.


 
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