The Columbia Gorge Consortium will take a number of Oregon and Washington legislators next week on a bus tour of the western Gorge to discuss transportation, housing, education, and infrastructure needs for the region. The Consortium is made up of the Columbia River Gorge Commission, Mid-Columbia Council of Governments, Mid-Columbia Housing Authority, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, and Columbia Gorge Community College. Dan Spatz of CGCC says the goal of the consortium and the tour is to show the Gorge as one region working together to meet its needs. The tour next Friday will begin and end at the Pioneer Center in White Salmon.