Budget - Fiscal Year 2013-14
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Phone: 503-823-PLAY (7529)
Fax: 503-823-6007
1120 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 1302, Portland, OR 97204
Who We Are
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PP&R cares for 11,415 acres of parkland & natural areas, including 203 developed parks
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PP&R offers recreation classes & activities for all ages & abilities throughout Portland
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PP&R employs 440 full-time staff and more than 1,000 part-time staff whose dedication makes Portland a great place to live, work & play
VISION
Portland's parks, public places, natural areas, and recreational opportunities give life and beauty to our city. These essential assets connect people to place, self, and others. Portland's residents treasure and care for this legacy, building on the past to provide for future generations.
MISSION
The mission of Portland Parks & Recreation is to help Portlanders play - providing the safe places, facilities, and programs which promote physical, mental, and social activity. We get people, especially kids, outside, active, and connected to the community. As we do this, there will be an increase in the wellness of our residents and the livability of our city. We accomplish this through:
- Establishing, safeguarding and restoring the parks, natural areas, public places, and urban forest of the city, ensuring that these are accessible to all;
- Developing and maintaining excellent facilities and places for public recreation and community building;
- Providing dynamic recreation programs and services that promote health and well-being for all;
- Partnering with the community we serve.
ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES
- Quality, responsive service to our diverse customers and partners.
- Community participation in program and project planning.
- Innovation, creativity, and excellence in all we do.
- Openness, honesty, and respect in all relationships.
- A diverse and culturally competent workforce.
- Transparent, ethical, and accountable decision making.
EQUITY STATEMENT
We recognize, understand, and encourage celebration of the differences that surround us. Diversity and equity are vital to Portland Parks & Recreation's ideals and values.
Budget - Fiscal Year 2013-14
- Directors Message to Staff, April, 30, 2013
- Directors Message to Friends & Partners - Apr 30, 2013
- PP&R Council Presentation 2-13-15
- Bureau Budget Summary 2013-14
- Directors Message to Staff - Feb 4, 2013
- FY 2013-14 Requested Budget
- Budget Comment Form
- Budget FAQ
- Budget Guidance
- Budget Process Timeline
- Budget Advisory Committee
- FY 2012-13 Adopted Budget
Calendar
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- Event: Marquam Nature Park
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Rose Deadheading Orientation @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Adaptive & Inclusive Recreation Monthly Dance
- Event: The Trilogy of the Rings
- Event: Rose Deadheading Orientation @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Literary Arts Reading
- Event: The Trilogy of the Rings
- Event: Friends of Terwilliger work party
- Event: Powell Butte Nature Park Restoration Event
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: The Trilogy of the Rings
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Multnomah Chorus Performance
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Tree Inventory Team Leader Training (am session)
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Tree Inventory Team Leader Training (PM session)
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Tree Inventory Team Leader Training (am session)
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Tree Inventory Team Leader Training (PM session)
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: No Ivy League-Jo's Group
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Marquam Mosaic: Meet the Artist
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Cathedral Park - Clean up along the Riverbank
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Marquam Mosaic: Wildflowers in Clay
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Marquam Nature Park
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Art in Nature Summer Day Camp @ Leach Botanical Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Friends of Terwilliger work party
- Event: Powell Butte Nature Park Restoration Event
- Event: Cathedral Park - Clean up along the Riverbank
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Art in Nature Summer Day Camp @ Leach Botanical Garden
- Event: Bug Chicks Video Camp @ Leach Botanical Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Cathedral Park - Clean up the Riverbank
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Marquam Mosaic: Family Art Workshop
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Art in Nature Summer Day Camp @ Leach Bortanical Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Marquam Nature Park
- Event: Marquam Mosaic: Forest Habitat
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Art in Nature Summer Day Camp @ Leach Botanical Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
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- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Friends of Terwilliger work party
- Event: Powell Butte Nature Park Restoration Event
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Cathedral Park - Clean up along the Riverbank
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Marquam Nature Park
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: Rose Garden Tours @ Washington Park Rose Garden
- Event: No Ivy League-Jo's Group
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Friends of Terwilliger work party
- Event: Powell Butte Nature Park Restoration Event
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Marquam Nature Park
- Event: Marquam Mosaic: Dedication Celebration
- Event: Wanted: Wonder Weeders @ Peninsula Park Rose Garden
- Event: Friends of Terwilliger work party
- Event: Powell Butte Nature Park Restoration Event
- Event: 2013 Concession Application Open Date
EAGLE Program Scholarships - Next Cycle Starts January 2014
Information about EAGLE Scholarships
FAQ
- Are there any park rules I need to know?
- Can I reserve a site for my own group use?
- Do I have to live in Portland to use the parks or facilities?
- Do you offer financial aid for your programs?
- Do you offer the public a place to plant vegetable gardens?
- How do you enroll in a program?
- What about access for people in wheelchairs or with special needs?
- What is Portland Parks & Recreation?
- What kinds of programs do you offer?
In the News
- Portland Parks & Recreation, Partners and Neighbors Celebrate Grand Opening of The Fields Park
- Portland Parks & Recreation Bids Farewell to Longtime Adaptive & Inclusive Recreation Supervisor: Debbie Timmins Leaves a 33 Year Legacy of Service and Dedication to Equality and Access for All
- Mt. Tabor Community Garden Becomes Portland’s Newest Site for Growing Healthy, Local, Fresh Food
- Tree Stolen from World’s Smallest Park Has a New Home
- Portland Parks & Recreation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Environmental Services Work to Restore Westmoreland Wetland Area and Crystal Springs Creek
- Portland Parks & Recreation Announces Winners of Full College Scholarships: EAGLE Program, Evans Scholarships Help Send Three to University of Oregon
- Portland Parks & Recreation Announces Arbor Month Activities in April
- Stolen Tree Returned to World’s Smallest Park
- Portland’s Innovative Fountain Series Captured in National Register of Historic Places
- Portland Parks & Recreation Presents the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Bluff Trail Restoration Celebration
- Portland Parks & Recreation and Commissioner Nick Fish Announce Grand Opening of City’s 46th Community Garden:
- Portland Parks & Recreation Honors Legendary Peninsula Wrestling Coach Roy Pittman
- Portland Parks & Recreation and Volunteers to Plant New Roses at Peninsula Park:
- Portland Parks & Recreation and City of Portland Celebrate Completion of E205 Initiative Projects:
- 93-Year-Old Woman Maintains Independence with Portland Parks & Recreation Personal Trainer
- Portland Parks & Recreation Has Open Play Swim Sessions for Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 21, 2013
- Metro, City of Portland Protect Columbia Slough Wetland as New Natural Area
- PP&R’s Rose City Golf Course Clubhouse Listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Jennifer Yocom joins PP&R as Community Relations Manager
- PP&R Sets Record for Summer Free for All Participation
- New Playgrounds at PP&R’s East Portland Community Center and East Holladay Park Now Open
Policies & Procedures
- Asset Pre-disposition Policy
- City Code - Parks and Recreation
- Fishing in Portland Parks Policy
- Friends & Allied Partners Policy
- Good Neighbor Policy
- Healthy Snacks Policy
- Naming/Renaming Policy
- Public Involvement Policy
- Public Involvement Procedures
- Sponsorship Policy
- Volunteer Installation of Play Equipment Policy
Systemwide Plans & Reports
- Asset Register Report 2009 - Park Furnishings
- Business Plan: Community Gardens 2009
- Business Plan: Fulton Park Community Center 2010
- Business Plan: Hillside Community Center 2009
- Business Plan: Matt Dishman Community Center 2011
- Business Plan: Montavilla Community Center 2010
- Business Plan: Mt Scott Community Center 2010
- Business Plan: Peninsula Park Community Center 2009
- Business Plan: Sellwood Community Center 2011
- Business Plan: Southwest Community Center 2009
- Business Plan: St Johns Community Center 2009
- Business Plan: University Park Community Center 2008
- Capital Planning Manual 2009
- Cost of Service Report 2010
- Cultural Resource Management Plan 2007
- Diversity Assessment & Program Plan 2005
- Integrated Pest Management Program 2009
- Interpretation Strategy 2012
- Natural Area Acquisition Strategy 2006
- Natural Areas Restoration Plan 2010
- Open Space & Park Development 1851-1965
- Parks 2020 Vision Progress Report 2009
- Parks Levy Report 2007
- Performance Report 2011
- Performance Report 2012
- Pesticide-Free Parks Trial Program Report 2007
- Schools & Parks Conditional Use Code Refinement Project Recreational Fields Addendum 2009
- Skatepark System Plan 2008
- Strategic Plan 2008-11
- Strategic Plan 2012-15
- Sustainability Plan 2007
- Technical Paper: Sport Courts 2008
- Technical Paper: Aquatics Facilities 2008
- Technical Paper: Community Centers 2008
- Technical Paper: Community Gardens 2008
- Technical Paper: Play Areas 2008
- Total Asset Management Report 2006
- Trail Design Guidelines 2009
- Urban Forest Action Plan 2007
- Urban Forest Canopy Report 2007
- Urban Forestry Management Plan 2004
- Volunteer Impact Report 2010/11
The Future of Our Park System
Planning for critical capital investments