This story is about a pothole. Not just any pothole. Not the kind of pothole which Albany’s older local streets have in abundance. This pothole is special, or it seems that way.
It was five years ago, in July 2019, that leaders of a new nonprofit in Albany were telling me about their plans for Hub City Village. Now they’re about to celebrate reaching their goal.
The first thing I noticed when I stopped by the Hub City Village construction site last Saturday was the concrete pool to the right of the entrance.
Hub City Village isn’t finished yet, but it is getting close.
You can get to the Talking Water Gardens this week, but you’ll have to park a little farther away.
Every once in a while, bike rides around Albany take me past 241 Waverly Drive S.E., where the Creating Housing Coalition is building 27 “tiny houses” in a compound it calls Hub City Village.
Engineers hired to design bridge replacement
Now that engineers have been hired, there’s a timeline for getting the aging Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek replaced.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, David Evans and Associates, Linn County engineer, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water, Waverly Drive