Albany’s officially sanctioned homeless encampment has been open since July 1, and the city council Monday received a report on the place.
Scenes from the Clark and Periwinkle trails
Written December 9th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Conditions on Albany’s trails range from nice and picked up to messy, as my bike rides along the Dave Clark Path and the Periwinkle Bikepath showed this past week.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Dave Clark Riverfront Path, encampments, graffiti, homeless, Periwinkle Bikepath, trash
Tags: Dave Clark Riverfront Path, encampments, graffiti, homeless, Periwinkle Bikepath, trash
Albany’s homeless site needs three things
Written August 10th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s officially designated homeless camp, Marvin’s Garden, has at least three deficiencies that should be fixed, the city council learned Wednesday. Members listened to the report but made no move to act on it.
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Tags: camping site, homeless, homeless tents, Marvin's Garden, Ninth and Jackson, portable toilets
Tags: camping site, homeless, homeless tents, Marvin's Garden, Ninth and Jackson, portable toilets
First tents appear at Marvin’s Garden
Written July 1st, 2023 by Hasso Hering
At Marvin’s Garden, the city of Albany’s designated camping site for homeless people who have nowhere else to go, the first residents appear to have moved in.
Homeless camp site now has a name
Written June 29th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s designated camp site for homeless people at Ninth Avenue and Jackson Street now has a name: “Marvin’s Garden.”
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Tags: Albany designated camp site, homeless, Marvin's Garden, Ninth and Jackson
Tags: Albany designated camp site, homeless, Marvin's Garden, Ninth and Jackson
Camp sites for homeless: Some numbers
Written June 23rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Preparations continued this week on two city-owned lots Albany officials have designated as places where homeless people can stay when they’re barred from sleeping on other public land.
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Tags: camping, city lots, homeless, Jackson Street, Ninth Avenue, tent camping, vehicle camping
Tags: camping, city lots, homeless, Jackson Street, Ninth Avenue, tent camping, vehicle camping
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Keeping track of Hub City Village
Every once in a while, bike rides around Albany take me past 241 Waverly Drive S.E., where the Creating Housing Coalition is building 27 “tiny houses” in a compound it calls Hub City Village.
Tags: Creating Housing Coalition, homeless, houses, tiny houses, Waverly Drive