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WE DO.
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Read on and give us a piece of your mind.
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Parks
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Approximately 76% of Portland's population lives within a half mile of a park or natural area.
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Nature
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Portland has 26,825 acres of environmentally sensitive natural areas — about 31% of the land area of Portland. Currently, about one-third of these areas are not protected.
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Neighborhoods
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41% of Portland households live within a half mile of a neighborhood business district. Neighborhood businesses provide jobs and offer residents needed goods and services within walking distance of where they live.
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Schools
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80% of Portland school buildings were built before 1960. Only six out of 137 schools have been built since 1980.
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Read the Handbook
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Read the Handbook
- Only 63% of our students graduate on time.
- Portland's school buildings are older than most in the country.
- Our unemployment rate tops 11%.
- Portland spends $2.47 per capita on the arts, which is significantly lower than other comparable cities.
- It will take $136 million more per year just to maintain our aging infrastructure of bridges, signals, reservoirs, natural areas and civic buildings.
- 45% of our electricity comes from burning coal.
ESSENTIAL READING
• Learn About Your City
• Learn About Your Neighborhood
• Read the Handbook
• Read the Background Reports
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The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated.
The last time Portland created a plan like this was in 1980. Our recycling rate was in the single digits. Back then there was no such thing as Google let alone cell phones and the Internet. In fact, huge parts of Portland, including Cully and most of East Portland, weren’t even within the city limits.
Now we’re at the next big fork in the road. It’s time for us to chart the course for our future and take a new approach to city planning—one that focuses not just on transit and infrastructure but health, education and equity. Come join the conversation... because more voices means better choices.
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FEATURED NEWS
“Portland is a great city, but it’s not great for everyone,” said Mayor Sam Adams. “We have some real challenges ahead of us. Through the Portland Plan, we have an opportunity to make more informed decisions and improve collaboration among regional partners to achieve common goals.”
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