Carolyn McLeod for Mayor

HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Take extra care on this riverfront path

Written July 6th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

The Dave Clark Path along Albany’s Willamette riverfront could use a general sprucing up, such as trimming of vegetation along and especially above the path.


Check it out: New ramp on riverfront path

Written October 13th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Monday’s glorious October sunshine found me and the bike, as usual, on the Albany riverfront, where something new has just opened up.


Boardwalk closed on riverfront path

Written October 12th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Users of Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path found the short wooden section of the route unexpectedly blocked on Saturday.


On the riverfront path, what you can see

Written July 20th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Big important news happens elsewhere, but on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path there are little things to notice and to see.


Day marked by, what else, riding the bike

Written November 19th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Several times a week I take the bike along the Dave Clark Riverfront Path in Albany. That’s what I did again on Sunday because I wanted to take advantage of the weather, which was exceptionally fine.


Wood-chip path: Not great for bikes

Written April 28th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

That’s a swell-looking new pathway along the Willamette River between Bowman and Eads parks in Albany. Only trouble: The thick layer of wood chips means you can’t ride a bike there.


On the riverfront path: Fire in a big tree

Written June 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

If you go west on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path, on your right just before you cross under the Lyon Street Bridge you see this partially burned-out cottonwood trunk .


 
HH Today: A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal Amtrak apartments Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park CARA climate change Cox Creek Cox Creek path cumberland church Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village Ellsworth Street bridge Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 land use Linn County Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany North Albany Road ODOT Oregon legislature Pacific Boulevard Pacific Power Periwinkle Bikepath Portland & Western Queen Avenue Queen Avenue crossing railroad Railroads Republic Services Salem Avenue Santiam Canal Scott Lepman speed cameras Talking Water Gardens Union Pacific urban renewal vandalism Water Avenue Waterfront Project Waverly Drive Waverly Lake Willamette River



Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
Hasso Hering