There’s no news here, just an observation: Wouldn’t it be nice if the seasonal wintertime flooding of Albany’s Bryant Park was a permanent thing and people could enjoy something called Bryant Lake all year long?
Bowman ramp made useful again
Written April 6th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
From the riverfront beat, good news for Willamette River boaters who like to use the ramp at Bowman Park.
Try to save some of that water?
Written December 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
One of my bike routes takes me to first to Bryant and then to Bowman Park on the Willamette River in Albany. And every time the regular seasonal flooding closes the parks, as now, I wonder the same thing: Wouldn’t it be useful if we could store at least some of the water that rushes […]
The Willamette: Why a ‘minus’?
Written December 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On a bike ride Wednesday to celebrate the temporary absence of rain, I stopped at Albany’s Bowman Park to take a quick look at the Willamette River. It reminded me that a few days ago, the river got a B-minus on some report card. Why not an A or at least a plain B?
Posted in: Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: DEQ, Meyer Memorial Trust, River report card, water quality, Willamette River
Tags: DEQ, Meyer Memorial Trust, River report card, water quality, Willamette River
Edgewater Village: Deadline is met
Written August 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
For someone who has been following the long history of this Albany site on the Willamette River, as I have, this weekend marks another milestone. The first five houses of Edgewater Village are finished, beating a deadline, and the public gets a look at them Saturday.
On the riverfront: Wheelhouse news
Written July 22nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The riverfront is my beat, as I believe I have pointed out from time to time, and there’s news from the Wheelhouse.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave and Janet Johnson, The Wheelhouse, Wheelhouse Event Center, Willamette River
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave and Janet Johnson, The Wheelhouse, Wheelhouse Event Center, Willamette River
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On a slow day, watch the river rise
Patrolling my riverfront beat on Friday afternoon on the bike, I could not help but notice that the Willamette had risen rather sharply over the last few days. Looks like the Corps upped its releases from the upstream dams.
Tags: Albany riverfront, Bowman Park, Bryant Park, Willamette River