The developers of Edgewater Village on the Willamette River have once again told the Albany City Council they would like to buy the city-owned parcel in the middle of the 58-dwelling development.
It took a while, but Albany city officials now have formally acknowledged the successful completion in 2020 of Edgewater Village, a development of 58 homes on the Willamette River that overcame tough challenges during the 17 years since it began.
The future of a 1-acre vacant lot, owned by the city of Albany in the middle of the Edgewater Village development off Water Avenue, remains uncertain today.
Before this Covid-scarred year of 2020 is over, let’s not forget that a big development project supported by Albany’s urban renewal program has been successfully completed.
The city of Albany has a law that says grass and weeds are a public nuisance when they are more than 10 inches tall. Well, I was wondering, what about the vegetation on this city-owned vacant lot?
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.
Up for discussion: Use of city-owned vacant lot
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.
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