Kathryn Harrington daily digest for 05/14/2015

View this email in your browser Kathryn Harrington Metro Council District 4 News Daily digest for Thursday, May. 14, 2015:   Enter Our Big Backyard's photo contest to win an Oxbow camping trip or other prizes May 14, 2015 7:00 am Submit a photo taken at a park or natural area – your friends and family exploring nature, a view of wildlife or a beautiful sunset, for example. Serving Sylvania: more tough choices for Southwest Corridor Plan May 13, 2015 2:27 pm By Craig Beebe Bylined writers are Metro staff. Stories with a byline do not necessarily represent the opinions of Metro or the Metro Council. Metro News is committed to transparency, fairness and accuracy. For the Southwest Corridor Plan, Mount Sylvania represents another difficult decision: how to bring faster transit to an area with a lot of potential but a lot of constraints, balancing residents' concerns with a college's future. Southwest Corridor Plan launches online map, plans Tuesday forum May 8, 2015 12:13 pm Now through May 22, Metro invites the public to share transportation priorities with Southwest Corridor decision makers through an interactive map. The plan's partners will also hold a forum Tuesday, May 12 at Wilson High School in Portland. Food for thought: DEQ expert talks food waste at Science on Tap event May 7, 2015 10:13 am By Jennifer Park Bylined writers are Metro staff. Stories with a byline do not necessarily represent the opinions of Metro or the Metro Council. Metro News is committed to transparency, fairness and accuracy. The most recent event in Metro's Let's Talk Trash series, Ignoble Rot: Food Scraps as Compost and Energy, featured a presentation by David Allaway, waste prevention policy analyst with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. A crowd at the Clinton Street Theater attended the event Tuesday night, which was presented in partnership with Science on Tap, an ongoing local science lecture series.   Share Tweet Recent articles: Cattle visit Cooper Mountain Nature Park for pilot grazing project Plasma gasification one option for the Portland region's trash Local women and bike groups host CycloFemme, the Global Women's Cycling Day With a laser focus, LIDAR collaboration provides data, savings Metro COO endorses equity strategy framework, requests action plan Copyright © 2015 Metro, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for this list either on Metro's website, or by calling Metro, or on a list sign-up form at a Metro event. Metro 600 NE Grand Ave. Portland, OR 97232-2736 503-797-1700 503-797-1804 TDD 503-797-1797 fax To change your subscriptions or unsubscribe from this digest, go to manage your subscriptions. To be removed from all Metro newsletters and newsfeed digests, you can globally unsubscribe.