PDX Index: Portland Parks


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

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

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

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

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

52
Portland’s rank for park playgrounds per capita

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