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Albany has a new electric vehicle charging station open to the public.
Plans to renovate the St. Francis Hotel in downtown Albany have yet again hit a major roadblock as the building’s developer formally dropped o…
Two downtown Albany projects will get off the ground after years of waiting thanks to a financial boost from the Albany Revitalization Area.Â
The Central Albany Revitalization Area board approved about $300,000 in grants Wednesday for two downtown businesses looking to improve their …
Nearly a year after a partnership created to redevelop a piece of Albany’s downtown dissolved, the Wells Fargo project came before the city’s …
Faced with a $6 million gap between the cost of renovations and the potential return on investment, the would be developers of the St. Francis…
When Jeff Blackford started in his position six years ago, he was determined to give people something that had saved his own future: a chance.
The new Albany City Council that will take office in January already has a big project to work on.
First, I wish the paper would put the acronym CARA in the headline of coverage of the Central Albany Revitalization Agency’s meetings.
Developers Marc Manley and Bill Ryals told the Central Albany Revitalization Area board on Wednesday that they could talk about the St. Franci…
A mid-valley non-profit that works with those experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental illness was given a chance on Wednesday.Â
Design firm Walker Macy returned to the Central Albany Revitalization Area board Wednesday night to take it to the river.Â
Archibald (Archie) D. Monteith served in the Civil War, as a witness on an establishing land deed for Albany and was the brother of the city's…
The Albany Revitalization Area on Wednesday took the first public step to simultaneously purchase and sell the St. Francis Hotel and Rhodes Bl…
The Albany Revitalization Agency will move to possibly sell the St. Francis Hotel in downtown Albany during its Wednesday, Jan. 15, meeting.Â
The city of Albany has been working to study parking in the downtown area and is opening the process for public input.
The Albany Revitalization Area took care of a bit of housekeeping on Wednesday in regard to the planned development of the 24-acre area that r…
In a surprise motion, the Albany City Council removed a member of the Central Albany Revitalization Agency.
There is no parking problem in downtown Albany. That’s the verdict that came down Wednesday from a consultant hired by the city to study the issue.
The former All Star Pizza and Pizza King building at 231 Lyon St. SE could be restored to its 1908 glory, Jeff Blackford told the Central Alba…
The Albany Revitalization Agency on Wednesday approved a resolution to enter into a contract with Portland firm Walker Macy for the design of …
The city of Albany received two proposals for design of the Water Avenue corridor and is currently in negotiations to enter into a contract wi…
After more than 20 years of conversations about redeveloping the Water Avenue corridor, the City of Albany is accepting design proposals for t…