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PDX Index: Portland Parks

By Melanie Glass

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10,650
Days since Portland parks bureau director Zari Santner started with the bureau, as of her July 1 retirement





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13
Approximate percentage increase in parks acreage since Santner’s first day





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$163,426
Maximum amount, in dollars, Santner’s successor will be paid to run this system, after a job search that began in May





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1
Seattle’s rank, among the 85 largest American cities, for number of parks employees per capita





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27
Portland’s rank in the same survey, compiled last year by the Trust for Public Lands





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52
Portland’s rank for park playgrounds per capita





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1
Portland’s rank for number of off-leash dog parks per capita

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Published: June 2011

 

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