Millersburg

Italian paper company has Millersburg plans

Written February 16th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 26 responses.

About 120 people showed up at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center to hear about plans for a paper-making plant an Italian company wants to build in Millersburg.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: boundary swap, farm land, land swap, land use, Linn County commissioners, Luigi Lazzareschi, Millersburg, Sofidel, tissue paper, urban growth boundary

Governor helps open Millersburg reloading center

Written December 15th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The speeches have been made and the ribbon has been cut, and any day now the Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Center in Millersburg should start handling freight.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Connect Oregon, governor Brown, Intermodal Center, Millersburg, ODOT, paper mill, rail to truck, reloading center, Roger Nyquist, truck to rail

From an idea to now: Intermodal center ready

Written November 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 25 responses.

It was in February 2017 when I got wind of a plan to turn the vacant former paper mill property in Millersburg into a reloading center to connect Willamette Valley shippers with the rest of the world. It sounded far-fetched at the time, but on Wednesday I got a chance to take a look at […]

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Tags: containers, ITS ConGlobal, Linn County, Mid-willamette Intermodal Center, Millersburg, reloading center, trucks an trains

Under construction: Truck/rail reloading hub

Written April 21st, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

It was in 2017 that I wrote my first story about what seemed, at the time, an unlikely idea: To turn the vacant site of the demolished Millersburg paper mill into a multimodal reloading center that would connect the mid-valley to the world.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: AMEDC, Andy Olson, John Pascone, Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Center, Millersburg, multimodal reloading facility, Roger Nyquist

Population update: Fodder for a story

Written November 25th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The people at Portland State University came out with their annual population estimates the other day. If the report conceals startling news about Albany and other mid-valley towns, I don’t see it. But the new numbers provide fodder for a story nevertheless.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Adair Village, Alany, Benton County, Corvallis, Linn County, Millersburg, Population estimates, Population research Center, Tangent

That sad little bridge, still in need of repair

Written June 9th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The country seems to be intent on self-destruction, so maybe this little bridge in Albany is a fitting symbol of our habit of letting things go till they get out of hand.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Cox Creek, Millersburg, Waverly Drive bridge