Community Development Block Grants

A year later, visiting Sunrise Park again

Written September 6th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

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Did they ever complete the renovation of Sunrise Park, I was wondering one day last week. So, riding along on Queen Avenue, on my way somewhere else, I turned right on Thurston Street to take a look.

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Tags: Albany parks, Community Development Block Grants, Sunrise Park

Rebuilding Sunrise and two streets

Written March 16th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

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Sunrise Park and sections of two major streets — Hill and Oak — are about to be rebuilt, totaling more than $3 million in city public works spending in South Albany this year.

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Tags: Community Development Block Grants, Hill Street, Oak Street, South Albany projects, Sunrise Park

Sunrise Park: Renovation in sight

Written April 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

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The renovation of Sunrise Park, first considered in 2013, is finally scheduled to take place this year now that the city of Albany has obtained the required permits and spent $38,000 in federal antipoverty grant money to make up for the loss of a patch of so-called “wetlands.”

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Tags: Community Development Block Grants, Sunrise Park, wetland bank, wetlands

A smooth path for a better life?

Written November 15th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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On a cold but sunny Saturday, with a brisk tailwind from the north, I’m sailing along on Albany’s Periwinkle Bikepath, thinking about — what else? — poverty and federal funds.

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Tags: City of Albany, Community Development Block Grants, Perwinkle Bikepath