Portland’s nationally-renowned parks system is struggling

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by Portland's parks system due to insufficient tax revenue and the city's reliance on external groups for support.

With tax dollars unable to meet the city’s needs, and other revenues falling short, Portland is now turning to outside groups, such as private organizations, national nonprofits and volunteers, to pick up the slack.

Topics covered

• parks system
• city funding
• community involvement
• nonprofit support
• urban development

Keywords

• Portland
• parks
• funding
• nonprofits
• community
• volunteers
• tax dollars
• urban parks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portland, Oregon Public Broadcasting, national nonprofits, private organizations

Places: Portland’s parks system

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