Greg Gescher News Today

The City of Corvallis and Oregon State University are collaboratively advancing the Monroe Avenue Corridor Study, focusing on enhancing transportation and connectivity along Monroe Avenue. The stretch under consideration spans between 14th Street and 26th Street, aiming to accommodate various travel modes and improve the link between the community, the university and adjacent areas.  Assistant...

Have you ever been stuck in busy traffic with a burning desire to go … the other way?  By this point, you have tried to turn around, but you have to go a city block over in either direction before turning back and that’s all too much work. It can be easy to wonder why...

Six-plus months into his sixth year as city manager of Corvallis, Mark Shepard is working through a routine period dominated by the coronavirus, homelessness and the need to replace more than 120 years of staff institutional knowledge. In other words it’s business as usual for a person seeking to manage a city of nearly 60,000 people. “It’s certainly a very interesting and challenging job,” said Shepard, 55, in a bit of an understatement.” Shepard participated in a pair...