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Builders build while task force labors on

Written July 19th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

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.

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Tags: Albany housing, builders, Henshaw Farm, home builders, Housing Affordability Task Force, Lennar, subdivisions

No controversy: Two developments get city’s OK

Written November 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

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.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, apartments, Gibson Hill Road, housing, land use, North Albany, Salem Avenue, single-family lots, subdivisions

Now that the ‘hazard trees’ are gone …

Written November 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

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.

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Tags: Benton County parks, Crocker Lane, land use, North Albany, North Albany Natural Area, subdivisions, woodlands

The drive for more housing: Two decisions

Written October 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

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.

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Tags: 241 Waverly Drive, Albany Planning Commission, Hayden Homes, Lochner Road, Meadowlark Estates, rezoning, subdivisions

Kids and a little wild space

Written March 14th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

If we don’t want children to sit in front of screens or game consoles all the time when they’re not in school, we ought to make sure the world outside the front door is interesting enough to play in or explore. And we should be grateful if otherwise densely packed subdivisions include a little wild or open space […]

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Tags: Benton Woods, children and play, subdivisions

HASSO HERING

Builders build while task force labors on

No controversy: Two developments get city’s OK

Now that the ‘hazard trees’ are gone …

The drive for more housing: Two decisions

Kids and a little wild space