The Albany City Council Wednesday turned down a permit that would have allowed an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center to operate in the historic Sternberg House, 506 Ferry St. S.W.
The historic Albany house at 506 Ferry St. S.W., should not be converted as a commercial treatment center for people trying to overcome substance abuse, the city’s planning commission has decided.
A plan to turn a historic house in downtown Albany into an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center is off, at least for now.
A century-old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District may be turned into an outpatient treatment center for people with drug or alcohol problems.
Based on a notation on a remodeling permit, I reported in April that an “outpatient addiction treatment facility” was going into the historic Avery Mill Building on the Albany riverfront. Today I found out a little more.
Treatment center in historic house approved
The Albany Planning Commission Monday approved the conversion of a historic house in the Monteith District into a substance-abuse treatment center.
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