Blog Posts

As you know, the primary is upon us. We have our ballots and voters pamphlets and are sitting down to decide who to vote for on May 18th. In Lane County, OLCV has been working hard to get voters out for two candidates- Pat Riggs-Henson for Springfield County Commissioner and Jerry Rust for West Lane County Commissioner.

You no doubt know by now that this nation is facing one of the worst environmental disaters in our history.

An oil platform in the the Gulf of Mexico exploded and then sank, creating a disaterous oil leak. If not for an election in a few weeks here in Oregon, I would probably be writing about it daily. Instead, I have been doing my best to track the story and now have a moment to reflect on what it means for the Gulf Coast and Oregon.

Executive Director’s Note:  We invited Mia Birk, CEO of Alta Planning & Design, to make a special presentation about the importance of sustainable transportation at our annual dinner on Friday evening.  Unfortunately, Mia’s presentation had to be cut short because the program had run long.  We think Mia’s message is so important that we invited her to write the following guest blog post.  It’s a great post and we ho