The south end of Lochner Road was supposed to be open again by mid-April, but it remained closed because of construction at the beginning of May.
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 case you have forgotten, an Albany city committee is still struggling with how to make housing cost less. Meanwhile, builders are going ahead just like they always have — building houses they think they can sell.
In what was pretty much a formality, the Albany Planning Commission has approved a 22-unit apartment complex on Southeast Salem Avenue and a 23-lot subdivision on Northwest Gibson Hill Road.
Last month Benton County had a lot of Douglas firs removed from the natural area at the corner of Crocker Lane and Valley View Drive in North Albany. So let’s do a quick check and see what the place looks like now.
The march for more housing continues in Albany as the planning commission has just approved a proposal for 113 lots on former farmland at the south end of town. It also recommended a zone change to allow apartments on a residential lot on Waverly Drive.
A nice new house and what it costs
On a bike ride on a warm and sunny Tuesday afternoon, this new house with a for-sale sign out front attracted my attention. It looked particularly spiffy and neat, so I stopped to take a photo.
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