-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
We appreciate your participation and support of the vendor program! The nomination form for 2014 Vendor of the Year is now closed. The Street Roots Vendor of the Year program seeks to recognize one vendor for his or her outstanding contributions as an amb ...
24 Jul 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-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