-Number of lakes in Oregon: 6,000 (estimated)-Estimated number of miles of rivers and streams in Oregon: 112,000-Number of registered campsites in Oregon: 5,900-Number of state parks in Oregon: 230-Number of acres that are forested in Oregon: 30 million-Nu ...
24 Jul 2014 - Street Roots Staff
• Tons of food generated by the Waterfront Blues Festival to benefit Oregon Food Bank since the festival started in 1988: 800 • Amount raised in last year’s Waterfront Blues festival: $1.3 million • Number of meals they could buy with that money (estimate ...
5 Jul 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of mental health professionals responding in person to students and community members in the first day after the Reynolds High School shooting: 98-Number of deaths caused by firearms (includes suicide) in the U.S. in 2013: 31,672-Number of homicide ...
24 Jun 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Number of groups that marched in the 2013 Portland Pride parade: 130 Number of years the Portland Pride NW parade has been held: 43 Number of riders in the 2013 Portland World Naked Bike Ride: 8,150 Average weekday bicycle trips across the Hawthorne Bridg ...
13 Jun 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of children in 2012 who were uninsured in Oregon: 8,389-Number of children who were in poverty in 2012 in Oregon: 36,441-Percent of children in Multnomah County child welfare custody who are Native American: 21-High school graduation rate for Nativ ...
28 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots partnered with local company Whaleheart Productions and director Gabe Van Lelyveld to produce a promotional video to bring greater awareness to the Street Roots vendor program and our mission in the community. For three days, April 24 to 27, ...
20 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots and Jake Thomas have been working on a several months' long investigation into Social Security Disabilities and how it effects people experiencing poverty. Street Roots reported on March 6, the Social Security Administration Office of th ...
9 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of volunteer hours contributed to Portland Parks & Recreation in 2013: 475,324-Number of community and art centers in Portland Parks & Recreation as of 2013: 14-Number of restroom buildings operated by Portland Parks & Recreation as of ...
3 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Commissioner Dan Saltzman and his challenger Nicholas Caleb are running Portland Commissioner No. 3. Street Roots posed three questions to the candidates on housing and homelessness. Street Roots: Portland is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. The ...
1 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Percent of runaway youth served by Multnomah County Runaway Youth Services that are reunited with their families: 85-Number of passengers PDX received from flights in February: 1,025,571-Number of flight operations PDX saw in February: 14,877-Percent of O ...
22 Apr 2014 - Street Roots Staff