No more swerving to keep your bike tires from catching in the rails on this part of Water Avenue on Albany’s riverfront. The spur that used to slice across the street is gone.
Next on the riverfront: Hiring consultants
Written July 5th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Albany is getting ready to pick a firm of consultants to design a remake of the city’s Willamette riverfront from Washington Street in the west to Main Street in the east.
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Tags: Albany urban renewal, ARA, CARA, Greenworks, riverfront development, Walker/Macy, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany urban renewal, ARA, CARA, Greenworks, riverfront development, Walker/Macy, Water Avenue
CARA budget focuses on riverfront upgrade
Written May 21st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
For Albany’s downtown urban renewal program known as CARA, the focus now is on launching and completing a redevelopment of the riverfront along Water Avenue, finishing some remaining projects, and then going out of business, possibly by 2025.
Albany downtown: The riverfront next?
Written October 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
So what comes next for CARA, the central Albany urban renewal district? Mayor Sharon Konopa has an idea, and she mentioned it Saturday at the completion ceremony of the city’s two-year downtown streetscape project.
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Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, riverfront, streetscape project, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, riverfront, streetscape project, Water Avenue
CARA update: Hoping for completion
Written August 15th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s downtown renewal board may now be on its way to setting priorities for completing its mission. That’s the vague but hopeful main news from Wednesday’s monthly session of the CARA advisory board.
How to impede traffic flow
Written November 25th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
On Water Avenue, nearly half the street’s width has disappeared so that crossing gates can be installed at this gateway to the Edgewater Village development. Albany drivers may wonder if this is wise.
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Riverfront planning kicks off with open house
Albany’s effort design and eventually build improvements along the downtown riverfront got off to a pretty good start Thursday. About 80 people, far more than usual at such events, showed up for an open house to learn about the project and offer their ideas. This is an effort funded by the Central Albany Revitalization Area […]
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