Albany city officials are confident the planned Valliscor chemical manufacturing plant on Ferry Street will be a great asset to the local economy with an impact of millions of dollars per year.
Returning to Albany after a few days away, I wondered how far the city’s contractor had gotten with the Water Avenue “plaza street,” the last key element of the Albany Revitalization Agency’s $21.5 million Waterfront Project.
For a few weeks now drivers heading east on Highway 20 on their way downtown have passed a new sign before getting to the Spring Hill signal and the Ellsworth Street bridge.
When last we heard of Valliscor, the City of Albany had just approved the Corvallis-based company’s plans for building a chemical manufacturing plant on the east side of Ferry Street.
The City of Albany today approved, with many conditions, the site plan of a proposed chemical plant on industrially zoned property on the east side of Ferry Street.
A century-old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District may be turned into an outpatient treatment center for people with drug or alcohol problems.
Valliscor tax break up for council vote
The chemical manufacturing plant being built on Ferry Street in Albany qualifies to be free from property taxes for five years, an exemption the city council is being asked to approve this week.
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