Albany, Oregon Albany, Oregon Website City of Albany Albany is the governmental center of county of Linn County, and the 11th biggest city in the State of Oregon. Albany is positioned in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem.
It is dominantly a farming and manufacturing town/city that pioneer founded around 1848. As of the 2010 United States Census, the populace of Albany was 50,158. Its populace was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 51,583 in 2013. Albany has a home rule charter, a council manager government, and a full-time unelected town/city manager. The town/city provides the populace with access to over 30 parks and trails, a senior center, and many cultural affairs such as River Rhythms and Mondays at Monteith.
In addition to farming and manufacturing, the city's economy depends on retail trade, community care, and civil assistance. In recent years the town/city has worked to revive the downtown shopping area, with help from The Central Albany Revitalization Area. In the historic era, the region of the Willamette Valley that makes up modern-day Albany was inhabited by one of the tribes of the Kalapuya a Penutian-speaking, Native American citizens . The Kalapuya had titled the region Takenah, a Kalapuyan word used to describe the deep pool at the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers. A variation of the place name can also be written as Tekenah.
They were a family of early eminence in the area; in 1848, they bought a claim of 320 acres (1.3 km2) from Hiram Smead for $400 and a horse; they plotted out 60 acres (240,000 m2) for the town site. They titled the town/city "Albany" after their hometown of Albany in New York. During the same period, Hackleman's son Abram reached his father's initial land claim and assembled a log home in an oak grove still known as Hackleman's Grove.
Albany, Oregon, 1887 With help from Samuel Althouse, the Monteiths assembled the first frame home in Albany in 1849. The Monteith House was considered the finest home in Oregon at the time. That same year the start of the California Gold Rush had caught the consideration of the Monteith brothers, who provided supplies to the gold fields; their profits were seed cash for a several new businesses in Albany, including the general store. After the Monteiths advanced these businesses, Albany became a primary hub town/city in the Willamette Valley. Albany's first school was established in 1851 by the town's first physician, R.
Linn County courthouse in Albany Postmaster. The town was retitled as "New Albany" on November 4, 1850, but the name was changed back to Albany in 1853.
In 1851, Albany was designated as the county seat, replacing Calapooia (near modern-day Brownsville and Sweet Home), and all court meetings were held there.
The first Albany courthouse was assembled in 1852 on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of territory donated by the Monteiths to ensure Albany would remain the county seat.
During 1853 1854, inhabitants of the east side of Albany persuaded the Oregon Legislative Assembly to name both suburbs Takenah. Although Takenah meant "deep pool," in reference to the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers, it was generally interpreted as "Hole in the Ground". Partially due to this translation, the council restored the name Albany to the town in 1855. Finally in 1864, 16 years after the Monteiths established the town and 19 years after the first European Americans arrived, it became incorporated as a city. Sidewheel steamboat Occident, at Albany, near Red Crown Mills In 1871, the trains first reached Albany, connecting it to other suburbs in the valley.
Albany businessmen raised $50,000 to ensure that the rails would be assembled through the city, freshwater bypassing it a several miles eastward.
By 1910, 28 passenger trains departed daily from Albany going in five directions. By 2003 the town/city had allowed a plan to restart the four megawatt-hour hydroelectric plant and in February 2009 the plant opened again. Albany was the command posts for the Mountain States Power Company from its establishment in 1918 until its consolidation into Pacific Power & Light (now Pacifi - Corp) in 1954. In the 1940s, the town/city started the Albany World Championship Timber Carnival, which drew competitors from all over the world to participate in logging skills contests.
An Oregon Electric Railway train passing through Albany, Oregon, ca.
Bureau of Mines established a research and development office on the former Albany College ground in 1942, focusing on the evolution of new metallurgical processes.
It fostered the expansion of a new rare metals trade in Albany, led by internationally recognized companies such as the Oregon Metallurgical Company, Oremet, and Wah Chang. In the 1970s, Albany attempted to extend its town/city limits to include a zirconium refining plant of Wah Chang Corporation in order to increase its industrialized tax base.
Calapooia River at Albany Albany is in the central part of Oregon's most populated region, the Willamette Valley.
The town/city rests along the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers, and although most of Albany falls inside Linn County, a lesser portion of the town/city rests to the north of its downtown on the west bank of the Willamette River in Benton County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.75 square miles (45.97 km2), of which 17.54 square miles (45.43 km2) is territory and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) is water. Albany has 21.7 square miles (56 km2) inside its urban expansion boundary. Throughout the town/city limits and urban expansion area, there are limited hills; the town/city is one of the lowest points along the Willamette Valley, with elevations ranging 180 to 430 feet (55 to 131 m) above sea level. The North Albany District has the most variable elevation, while the downtown and southern end of town have little altitude change throughout.
Similar to the majority of Oregon, Albany's weather is considered to be mild. Albany has generally warm and dry summers amid which rain drops to 0.4 inches (10 mm) in July and temperatures peak at an average of 80.8 F (27 C) in August. The record high temperature in Albany was 108 F (42 C) in 1981. Winters in Albany are cool and wet.
Albany and the encircling area was left devastated by the Columbus Day Storm in October 1962.
Climate data for Albany, Oregon Albany has a home rule charter and a council manager government. A full-time unelected town/city manager administers the day-to-day operations of the town/city for the council.
Albany City Hall is positioned on Broadalbin Street in the downtown section of the town/city and was assembled in 1995.
The town/city hall homes the town/city supervisors office, Finance office, Community evolution office, enhance works-engineering office, parks and recreation department office, and the fire administration office. The town/city provides its own fire department, police department, library system, and also provides both their own waterworks and wastewater treatment through the Albany Public Works. and the current wastewater treatment plant was instead of in 2009. In total the small-town government employs about 370 citizens with law enforcement and fire services being the dominant aspects. The Albany town/city government was nationally recognized in 2009 and 2010 with the Certificate of Distinction and in 2011 and 2012 with the Certificate of Excellence from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) for its dedication to grade governmental performance. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Sunshine Review awarded Albany an A+ perfect score for government transparency and online accessibility with its website along with other government agencies from around the country. Also in September 2010, the League of Oregon Cities awarded Albany the Good Governance Award for the "Where Does My Money Go? and Albany Dashboard" web applications and featured Albany for governmental transparency. In January 2011, Government Computer News cited Albany as one of ten "Top Public Sector Websites" in the country for government transparency. Albany is also home to the county government and the Linn County Courthouse.
Albany Research Center Albany calls itself the "rare metals capital of the world", producing zirconium, hafnium and titanium. One of the primary producers of these metals in Albany is ATI Specialty Alloys and Components (formerly ATI Wah Chang) which has a 110-acre (0.45 km2) site that primarily focuses on the manufacturing of zirconium. The Oregon Employment Department does not maintain unemployment statistics for cities. The losses in the timber trade in around Albany have led the town/city to a more diverse economic base for the city, led by retail trade, community care and civil assistance, and manufacturing as the three dominant aspects of the economy. Oregon Freeze Dry is a dominant employer in the manufacturing zone of the Albany economy with its command posts located in the city.
The Albany facility is the company's chief research and evolution site in the industry, and has recently partnered with Ener - G2 to produce carbon electrode material, in a 74,000-square-foot (6,900 m2) former distribution center of Oregon Freeze Dry by 2011 bringing a new green technology trade to Albany. Albany is also home to the Albany Research Center, which is part of National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
Albany Research Center was established in 1943, the laboratory specializes in life cycle research starting with the formulation, characterization, and/or melting of most metals, alloys, and ceramics; casting and fabrication, prototype development; and the recycle and remediation of waste streams associated with these processes. Albany has a per capita income of $18,570, putting it ranked at 81st in the state.
The annual affairs in Albany include the Northwest Art and Air Festival, River Rhythms, Mondays at Monteith, Veteran's Day Parade, Albany Nosh Tour, Albany Wine Walk, Willamette River Festival, and Albany Timber Carnival which ended in 2000 with an attempt to revive it in 2008. Originally constructed near the Calapooia River, the Monteith home is one of the earliest buildings in Albany.
It has been relocated twice, most recently to downtown Albany, where is serves as the Monteith House Museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Albany Regional Museum features exhibits about Albany history and is homed in a historic building originally assembled by S.E.
Young in 1887. Downtown Albany is a National Historic District, and features antique stores, restaurants, the Albany Civic Theater (one of the earliest civic theaters in Oregon, it has directed continuously since the opening of its first manufacturing on March 2, 1951), and one of the earliest Carnegie libraries still being used as a library.
Since the early 2000s, a hand-carved carousel has been under assembly at the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum. Albany has four historic districts including the Albany Municipal Airport, Monteith Historic District, Hackleman Historic District, and the Albany Downtown Commercial Historic District. Albany's historic districts include most of the housing styles assembled between 1840 and 1920, including Federal, Gothic Revival, American Farmhouse, Second Empire, Eastlake, Italianate, and Colonial Revival.
Further information: Albany Parks & Recreation The Albany Parks and Recreation Department is the agency responsible for the Senior Center, the Periwinkle Creek Bike Path, and the other eight trails that are inside Albany.
The Parks Department is also responsible for all 30 of the listed small-town town/city parks in the city, along with the town/city organized affairs that occur at these parks.
The Parks department is in charge of running and maintaining the Albany improve pool and the Swanson Park Action Center which homes the Albany Cool Pool. Albanys Parks and Recreation Department aims to make it where everyone inside the town/city limits lives inside 2 miles (3.2 km) of a park.
Albany's Timber Linn Memorial Park home the 63rd Blue Star veterans memorial in the state of Oregon. The memorial is dedicated to Linn County servicemen who lost their lives amid all of the 20th century wars. The memorial lists the names of those from Linn county killed in action for each war fought throughout the 20th century. The memorial was sponsored by the Santiam District Garden Club and the Linn County Veterans Memorial Association.
Albany's Timber-Linn Memorial Park also hosted the American Veterans Traveling Tribute, a replica of the Vietnam Memorial wall in Washington, D.C.
The department also has an urban forestry program which involves the Legacy Forest at Lexington Park, that consists of commemorative tree planting designed to perpetuate the memory or work of individuals and organizations. Also the Heritage Tree Program which was established to recognize trees having historic significance in the community. The town/city has also been involved with the Tree City USA program that is sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation since 1993. The town/city and Parks Department also take part in Arbor Week. Albany has two golf courses, both in North Albany.
Further information: Greater Albany Public School District South Albany High School The Albany region has also been served since 1979 by the Greater Albany Public School District, including West Albany High School, and South Albany High School Which combine server to educate about 2,700 students. Albany is also served by Albany Options School as an alternative to traditional school for grades 6 through 12. In total Greater Albany Public School District serves roughly 8,900 students throughout its 23 different schools.
Along with the K-12 schools Albany also offers student services at the Maple Lawn Preschool. South Albany High School 1970 1,270 Rebels West Albany High School 1953 1,450 Bulldogs The Albany Collegiate Institute was established in 1867 and served as Albany's college studies institute for 70 years before it was moved to Portland, Oregon, and retitled Lewis & Clark College. The Democrat-Herald started as a political tool for one of Oregon's first senators. The Democrat-Herald traces its origin to the Albany Democrat newspaper, established by Delazon Smith in 1859.
Albany has eight different airways broadcasts that are either broadcast or have offices inside Albany and many the rest that serve the area.
The FM stations are, 107.9 - FM KHPE that uses the tagline (HOPE-FM) which is a Christian intact music airways broadcast, and 99.9 - FM KRKT-FM, a nation airways broadcast that both broadcast from Albany.
There is also 101.5 - FM KFLY, which is based out of Eugene, Oregon but maintains an office in the Albany area. Albany is adjoining to Interstate 5, while Oregon Route 99 - E runs through it in a north and south direction and U.S.
Just outside the south end of Albany Oregon Route 34 runs from east to west.
Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Albany from its Albany Station at 10th Avenue SW on two routes.
Amtrak Cascades commuter trains operate between Vancouver, British Columbia and Eugene, Oregon, and serve Albany a several times daily in each direction.
The Albany station would be one of many stops along the proposed 466-mile (750 km), 110-mile-per-hour (180 km/h) passenger line.
Southern Pacific 4449, a steam locomotive which resides at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, occasionally visited the shop for repairs when it was residing at the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland (before 2012), as did a several other locomotives stored at the now-demolished roundhouse. Beginning in 2004, the station and the encircling area underwent an $11.3 million restoration that was funded with a combination of federal, state, local, and Amtrak cash. In 2006 the town/city received the Award in Downtown Excellence from the Oregon Downtown Development Association for the renovation of the station.
Public transit inside Albany is provided by Albany Transit System (ATS). Connections to Corvallis are provided by bus service via the Linn-Benton Loop and the Valley Retriever Thruway inter-county bus systems. ATS, the Linn-Benton Loop, and the Valley Retriever all furnish bus service to and from the Amtrak station.
Albany Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport on the easterly edge of Albany and has been open since 1920 and is believed to be the earliest operating airfield in Oregon.
In 1998, the airport became the first airport in Oregon to be titled to the National Register of Historic Places, and was the City of Albany's fourth National Historic District, And has been home to parts of the Northwest Art & Air Festival since its first air show in 1931. It has a single runway with the specs of 16 34 3,004 X 75, and is an asphalt runway.
This makes up the primary connection of downtown Albany with the north end of town and to Corvallis.
Albany has many paths and trails open to both pedestrian and bicyclists.
It is a flat bicycle and pedestrian path that runs along Periwinkle Creek from the northwest corner of Grand Prairie Park to the Albany Boys and Girls Club, and travels a round trip distance of 3.61 miles (5.81 km).
There are many other trails throughout the town/city to include, Cox Creek Loop and Waverly Lake Loop, Dave Clark Trail, Oak Creek Greenbelt Trail, Takena Landing Trail, Timber Linn Park Trails, and a proposed Swanson Park Connector a paved path on the north side of highway 99 that joins Swanson Park with the close-by Amtrak/Transit Center. Albany has made a burgeoning accomplishment to increase itself as a bicyclist friendly town through increasing the number of paths and trails that are open to them.
Albany is served by Samaritan Albany General Hospital, a 76-bed medical facility that is the chief hospital for the town/city and has been in operation since 1924.
Albany is also served by Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care and Geary Street Urgent Care, both of which are part of Samaritan Health Services.
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