A week ago I found myself in the back parking lot of the Habitat for Humanity Restore off Santiam Road, and I glanced again at the folk art on the outside of the Albany Skatepark.
Council votes for three housing grants
Written October 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
It took a year for the Albany City Council to allocate part of the $1 million the Oregon legislature gave the city to do something about homelessness or the shortage of housing that people can afford.
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Tags: $1 million, affordable housing, Creating Housing Coalition, Habitat for Humanity, homeless, homelessness, housing grants, Jackson Street Youth Shelter, SB 5561
Tags: $1 million, affordable housing, Creating Housing Coalition, Habitat for Humanity, homeless, homelessness, housing grants, Jackson Street Youth Shelter, SB 5561
Giving credit for public art … and it’s free!
Written June 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
When I reported on the remarkable new mural at the Albany Skatepark on June 1, I could not find a clue to who had painted it. Thanks to a reader’s suggestion I now have information on that point.
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Tags: Albany ReStore, Albany Skatepark, Bowman Park, Habitat for Humanity, mural, stick figures, Waverly Park
Tags: Albany ReStore, Albany Skatepark, Bowman Park, Habitat for Humanity, mural, stick figures, Waverly Park
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Why these two houses are so narrow
On a bike ride last week, the narrow shape of two houses under construction on Marion Street in southeast Albany caught my eye.
Tags: Habitat for Humanity, housing, housing density, land use, Marion Street, narrow houses