Just got this email from the BTA:
Dear BTA Friends,
The Metro Natural Areas bond measure is a close call and may not pass in this election!
We are asking you to do two things to help it through:
Day: November 3, 2006
Albright case progresses, decision coming next week
[Randy Albright]
The case between TriMet and Randy Albright took a step closer to resolution today. Albright, a reporter from the Oregonian, and lawyers from both sides met this morning in downtown Portland for an arbitration session.
I was subpoenaed by TriMet’s lawyers for my reporting on the case but I could not attend today’s arbitration and I refused to cooperate with a written affidavit or telephone statement as requested by their legal team.
Thankfully, the Oregonian was on the scene and their news blog just published more details from the hearing. Apparently some new evidence emerged:
Rails-to-Trails conference coming to Portland
[Coming to Portland]
It’s not on their website yet and hasn’t been officially announced, but I’ve just heard from a reliable source that the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy will hold their International Trails and Greenspaces Conference in Portland next year on August 7-10th.
Local trail advocates and policymakers from the Portland Parks Bureau plan to form a host committee to ensure a successful event.
Rails-to-Trails is no stranger to Portland. Back in May they put the Springwater Corridor Trail on their cover and made it the focus of a feature article.
Questions surround Portland bike show announcement
Yesterday Lance Camisasca of Interbike responded to the announcement by Messe Friedrichshafen (organizers of the Eurobike trade show) to hold a new, rival trade show in Portland. In an official statement, Camisasca questioned the capacity of the Oregon Convention Center to hold a show that would be large enough to be successful:
“”The OCC’s main room has 255,000 gross square feet. However this gross space will likely only yield a net occupied total of 127,500 square feet.
No matter how you do the math, this event will likely be roughly one third the size of Interbike, even if it sells out.”
Cyclocross memories and the story of Michael Sylvester
[Cyclocross pioneer and
bike fit specialist
Michael Sylvester]
bike fit specialist
Michael Sylvester]
Michael Sylvester has a unique perspective on the Portland cyclocross scene. He was around at the beginning.
Sylvester, along with a small handful of intrepid cyclocross pioneers established the first race series in Portland back in 1985. Yes, that’s over two decades before the Cross Crusade came onto the scene as the world’s largest and put Portland on the map as ground zero for U.S. cyclocross.
Sylvester, a Portland native who at age 49 has never owned a car, started his athletic career as a self-described, “possessed” runner. He was a cross-country standout at Mt. Hood Community College, where he once ran the Sauvie Island Marathon in 2:32:04, more than six minutes ahead of second place and just four minutes off an Olympic-caliber pace.