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News & Information from the City of Albany, Oregon
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Does your neighborhood need The Big Pickup?
The
City of Albany and Republic Services will team up again on Saturday,
May 17, 2014, for The Big Pickup: Albany Community Action Day, a
volunteer effort to help rid a neighborhood of junk and trash, pick up
litter on City streets, and clear invasive plants and trash from local
streams.
Organizers
are looking for a neighborhood that could use some tidying up. In
prior years, the effort has helped out in the Willamette/Front Avenue
neighborhood, Hackleman Historic District, Deerfield/Pineway area,
Sunrise neighborhood, and Century Drive area.
Here's
how it works: A few weeks before the cleanup day, residents of the
focus neighborhood will get a note on their front door letting them know
the event is coming up. On Saturday, May 17, residents can bring
unwanted junk, trash, and yard debris to a site nearby to off-load into
Dumpsters. Tires will be accepted for a small fee.
Volunteers
and some City staff will help at the drop-off site, while other
volunteer crews will pick up litter and clear streams.
The
Big Pickup coincides each year with Republic Services' annual Recycle
Roundup at the company's Albany facility, 1214 Montgomery Street SE.
To
nominate your neighborhood, volunteer, or get more information, contact
Marilyn Smith, 541 917 7507, marilyn.smith@cityofalbany.net; or Heather
Slocum, 541-791-0058, heather.slocum@cityofalbany.net.
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CARA urges private investment, new jobs, historic preservation
The
Central Albany Revitalization Area (CARA) took several months off last
year to review how potential projects in the urban renewal district are
funded. This fall, the district announced a slate of new programs
emphasizes creating new jobs while focused on increasing assessed value,
eliminating blight, and restoring Albany's historic resources.
"The
policy-makers went back to the basics of the CARA plan to see how our
funding could best leverage private dollars and create the most change
in our community. They listened closely and incorporated comments and
suggestions they heard from members of the public," said Economic
Development and Urban Renewal Director Kate Porsche.
The
new programs concentrate incentives in the areas that need it most,
such as the East Salem Avenue neighborhood area, the East Waterfront,
downtown, and the Hackleman Historic District. "The goal is to make
strategic investments that leverage the most private dollars and create
momentum for change in an area," Porsche said. "These strategic
investments make for a more livable community with a stronger economy,
which is good for our entire community."
The
first project approved through the new programs was a Focus Area Loan
to fund Novak's renovation of the historic Broder's Meat Market building
and to relocate this popular Albany restaurant to the downtown area.
Also,
the Woodland Square workforce housing project on East Salem Avenue is
moving ahead after receiving state tax credit financing. The project, a
public private partnership between CARA and Innovative Housing, Inc.
(IHI), will see the construction of 54 housing units on the former
blighted mobile home park on East Salem Avenue at Periwinkle Creek.
New CARA Programs
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Get Started...Get Fit!
Try Parks & Recreation fitness classes for free
January 6-11, 2014.
Did
you resolve to get fit in 2014? Mark Twain said, "The secret of
getting ahead is getting started." Get started with Albany Parks &
Recreation fitness classes. They're absolutely free January 6-11.
Choose
from these popular classes: CORE-Rolling; Muscle Tech; S.E.T.; Step
Challenge; Step Explosion; Tone ELEVEN; ZUMBA™ Gold; ZUMBA™; and ZUMBA™
Toning.
The week of free classes
gives participants a chance to check out different instructors and find
a workout that fits individual fitness abilities, goals, and schedules.
Participants may attend any or all of the specially marked classes
listed in the winter Activate magazine or at
www.cityofalbany.net/departments/parks-and-recreation/classes.
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Albany officer honored for saving man's life
 Police
Officer Sam Posthuma has been honored with the Non-Criminal Lifesaving
Merit Award for saving the life of a man on August 20, 2013.
Officer Posthuma received the award from Police Chief Mario Lattanzio at the December 4, 2013, Albany City Council meeting.
According
to the Chief's account, Posthuma was on another call on Airport Road
when he noticed police dispatch taking a call about a suicidal person in
the area of the Knox Butte Road roundabout. Since Posthuma was close
to the area, he began driving toward the roundabout, arriving about two
and a half minutes later and found a man laying on the ground next to a
small fire. When the man saw the police vehicle, he moved into the
flames and his shorts caught fire.
Posthuma
ran to the man and pulled him out of the fire, pulled off the burning
shorts and removed the man from the area. The man suffered some second
degree burns but escaped serious injury and is alive today, "because of
Officer Posthuma's attentive, quick, and decisive actions," the Chief
said. Posthuma suffered some minor burns to his hand and arm.
"Anyone
in that situation would have done the same thing," Posthuma said when
receiving the award. "I happened to be in the right place at the right
time, just doing my job."
Posthuma has been an Albany Police Officer since February 28, 2011.
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General Information
541-917-7500
Mayor
541-791-0300
Ward I Councilors
541-926-7348
541-928-2961
Ward II Councilors
541-928-0649
541-917-0490
Ward III Councilors
541-791-2494
541-791-0158
City Manager
541-917-7505
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Childrens' Performing Arts Series starts Saturday, January 18
The
2014 season of the Children's Performing Arts Series, presented
by MOM Magazine, opens at Linn-Benton Community College on
Saturday, January 18, 2014, with a performance in English and Spanish by
Grupo Condor, Legends of Mexico. Admission is free.
Grupo Condor is a
touring folk music ensemble that embodies traditional musical styles
throughout Spanish-speaking America. The group's concerts and
school programs focus on the blend of Spanish, African, and Native
American influences that comprise the music and create a multicultural
art form.
Additional artists are scheduled through mid-March, all at LBCC:
February 1 - Oregon Shadow Theater performs "Jack and the Dragon."
February 15 - Comedy juggler Alex Zerbe
March 1 - Border Collie International, a performing canine team of rescued dogs.
March 15 - Wild Wonders Exotic Animals.
Each performance begins
at 10:00 a.m. Border Collies International will perform in the gym
at LBCC; all other shows will be in the Forum.
For more information, go to the website.
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