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‘Middle housing’ project sprouts new sign

Written March 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

There’s a new sign by the side of Gibson Hill Road in North Albany. It signals that a planned 80-lot “middle housing” project is ready to go ahead and that its ownership has changed.

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Tags: 3118 Gibson Hill, housing, housing density, Lennar, middle housing, North Albany

Climate Friendly Areas: A skeptical view

Written March 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Bowing to a state mandate to slow global warming, the City of Albany is plowing ahead with the designation of six so-called “climate friendly areas.” It’s hard to imagine a project that is so ambitious and unrealistic at the same time.

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Tags: Albany planning, city council, climate change, Climate Friendly Areas, Climate Protection Program, high-rise apartments, housing density, Planning commission

Crowd hears about law on middle housing

Written May 15th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

Close to a hundred people crowded into the Riverside Community Center Wednesday night to learn and talk about Oregon’s new “middle housing” laws.

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Tags: HB 2001, housing density, middle housing, North Albany subdivisions, Riverwood Crossing

Townhouse talk: A loss of local control

Written April 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 37 responses.

The Albany Planning Division is preparing paperwork on a proposed subdivision of 80 townhouses off Gibson Hill Road in North Albany. Some people are upset about the project, but state law allows it and there’s not much they can do to prevent it.

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Tags: Albany planning, Boshart Davis, Gibson Hill, housing density, North Albany, subdivisionsm townhouses