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4-2 vote OKs change on Grand Prairie

Written November 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 6 responses.

Residents south of Grand Prairie Road just learned what people elsewhere in Albany learned before: You can’t rely on comprehensive plans or zoning to keep your neighborhood composed of only single-family homes.

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Grand Prairie land use hearing to resume

Written October 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 3 responses.

A proposal to rezone an undeveloped property on Grand Prairie Road in southeast Albany to allow apartments or townhouses will be the subject of a continued public hearing next week.

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South Albany gets a new gas station

Written April 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 11 responses.

A bike ride around Albany took me past the corner of Geary Street and Grand Prairie Road on Thursday. Two years ago the city rezoned the southeast corner there to allow a gas station to be built, and now the station looks close to being finished. Drawings submitted for the land use application in 2021 […]

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Dark corner: City working to get it lit

Written November 29th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 9 responses.

A question about a poorly lighted South Albany intersection, potentially dangerous to pedestrians using the crosswalk these dark winter nights, has not fallen on deaf ears at City Hall. Instead, Albany Public Works is working on a fix.

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