-Number of sites in Oregon approved as petroleum-contaminated soil landfills: 16-Number of contaminants found in fish eaten by tribal members in the Columbia River watershed: 92-Number of dams in Oregon: 26-Number of Multnomah County dams classified as a “ ...
19 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of Oregonians annually diagnosed with HIV: 280-Percentage of Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS living in Multnomah County: 55-Total number of weekly boarding passes for TriMet Buses and MAX in July 2014: 1,955,000-Complaints against public officials ...
6 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-2013 salary of Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian: $72,000-2013 average salary of principal executive officials in the Bureau of Labor and Industries: $94,685-Percent of Oregon wage and salary workers with union membership in 2012: 15.7-Percent of Ore ...
23 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of public skateparks in Portland: 7-Estimated number of skateboarders in Portland: 27,250-Cost of fine for skateboarders under age of 16 not wearing a helmet: $25-Number of participants in Portland Sunday Parkways events in 2013: 85,480-Number of S ...
9 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of farmers markets in the Oregon Famers Market Association: 160-Estimated annual amount farmers markets contribute to Oregon’s farm product sales: $50 million-The year the Oregon Farmers Markets Association was established: 1987-Oregon’s ranking in ...
25 Aug 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Acres of land in the Oregon State Forest system: 821,000-Percent of Oregon forestland owned by the state: 3-Percent of Oregon forestland owned by the federal government: 59-Dollars budgeted for firefighting by the U.S. Forest Service: 1 billion-Square mil ...
7 Aug 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