community development

Piecing together a special Albany playground

Written October 25th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Exactly a year ago, the Albany City Council approved the purchase of a special kind of playground for installation at Lehigh Park. Now the city’s park maintenance crew is bolting the pieces together.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: artificial turf, community development, disabilities, Lehigh Park, parks, playgrounds

Land division for 80 townhomes approved

Written May 10th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 33 responses.

The City of Albany’s Community Development Department today approved a tentative land division for 80 townhomes in North Albany. The 7.4-acre site was originally planned for 22 single-family houses.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Division, community development, Gibson Hill Road, land division, middle housing, North Albany

Return to Sunrise Park, a four-minute tour

Written April 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Over the last three years I’ve made a few visits to Albany’s Sunrise Park while the place was being rebuilt to better serve the neighborhood. Last week, on my way somewhere else, I stopped by again and was impressed by what it has become.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Parks Department, community development, neighborhood parks, Sunrise Park

‘Affordable housing’ — Not on this lot

Written June 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

A surplus city-owned lot at 370 Burkhart Street was considered for developing “affordable housing” in Albany. But the idea foundered on the likely cost of clearing the property of a decommissioned water reservoir.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 370 Burkhart, Albany housing, block grants, community development