For years I have followed what was happening on a lot across from Albany’s Hackleman Park. A bike ride took me past the address again last month, and what I saw might be one partial answer to Oregon’s so-called housing crisis.
This dilapidated barricade and its vague promise of a street extension have been in place for more than a decade. Now the barricade is falling apart, and the future possibility mentioned in the sign has not yet arrived.
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.
As expected, a referee has ruled for the City of Albany in two property owners’ appeal over a planned 80-lot subdivision in North Albany.
Riverwood Crossing, the 22-lot subdivision in North Albany that grew into plans for an 80-lot “middle housing” development, has been held up at least temporarily.
Albany’s East Thornton Lake Natural Area looks particularly pastoral this spring. The area remains open, with flowers and trees instead of houses and streets, because of the foresight of four city council members in 2010.
In S. Albany, 86 lots are set to become 176
The City of Albany has received its second request to convert a single-family subdivision to “middle housing” at twice the density previously approved.
Tags: Ellingson Road, land use, Lochner Road, middle housing, residential density, South Albany, townhouses