WHAT GREG MECKLEM CAN DO AS WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER

• Oppose UGB expansions while there’s available urban land
• Work to prioritize planning that directs new industry toward High-Capacity Transit Corridors near higher-density development
• Emphasize infill development instead of sprawl, with urban villages along transit corridors
• Push for a county resolution to FERC against LNG lines through Washington County resource lands
• Promote renewable energy in new buildings, particularly when tax incentives are involved
• Help leverage Federal funds for Pre-Natal and Baby Care by low-income health care providers
• Improve the County’s relationships with small agribusiness and agriculture, and encourage rural-urban collaboration by convening leaders from business, government, non-profits and other community groups to think creatively about shared challenges
• Strengthen support of the arts from elementary schools to promotion of a state-of-the-art performing arts center
• Push for planning to protect Mature Forest Watershed lands within the 50,000 acres of State Forest in Washington County
• Work with the State of Oregon on a "rails to trails" plan through the Coast Range.
• Work with Senators Merkley and Wyden and our Congressional delegation to secure federal funding to meet future water supply needs

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