Press Releases
North Portland Grants Announcement: February 10, 2026
PPF Announces Green Dreams 2025: September 25, 2025
Hear from Portland City Council and Mayoral Candidates about Portland’s Parks: October 15, 2024
Thompson Elk Fountain Restoration Update: June 26, 2024
Back to Square One: Rethinking O’Bryant Square and how public space can work
Thompson Elk Fountain Restoration Feasibility Study Update
Portland Parks Foundation commissions feasibility study for the return of the Thompson Elk Fountain
Paseo, Community Gathering Event in the South Park Blocks - August 27th and 28th
Portland Parks Foundation awards $7,500 in grants to innovative community groups
Start of construction for Barbara Walker Crossing over Burnside: parts of Wildwood Trail to close
Long-awaited Wildwood Trail footbridge over West Burnside breaks ground in early Spring
Portland Timbers, Portland Thorns FC Invest $65,000 Thomas Cully Park
PPF Announces New Small Grants Program
Media Coverage
Thompson Elk statue could be standing in downtown Portland again by spring
The Mercury’s Great Big Gift Guide
The Kidz Outside Festival enters its 4th Year
Ed Benedict Park unveils new playground with improved features
Ways You Can Help Save Portland’s Parks
Opinion: Build Portland downtown’s revival around a rejuvenated Waterfront Park
Victory for St. John’s George Park
Downtown Portland’s O’Bryant Square poised for demolition, rebirth
Best of Portland: 20th Anniversary Parks Posters
5 Things to do this weekend in Portland
8 Portland Events to Put You in the Fall Spirit
Parke Diem Aims to Spruce Up Portland's Natural Spaces
Chances to Do Good: Parke Diem
Bridge Over Burnside - Campaign to Fund Walking Span Halfway to Goal
Gift to Parks Used to Fund Micro-Grants
Parks for New Portlanders Welcomes Immigrants and Refugees to Community
Portland Foundation Looks to Amp Portland Recreation Programs
Building the Case for City Public Parks
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Overall
The American Planning Association has briefing papers here on all of the topics below and more.
Community Benefits
Do Beautiful Parks Strengthen Democracy? - Smithsonian
Economic Benefits
Economic Impact of Local Parks - National Recreation and Park Association
Economic Benefits of Open Space, Recreation Facilities and Walkable Community Design - Active Living Research
Measuring the Economic Value of a City Park System - Trust for Public Land
Educational Benefits
Math in the Garden - The Atlantic
Why Kids Need a Big Dose of Nature - U.S. News
Environmental benefits
Portland's Urban Forest Canopy - Portland Parks & Recreation
Green Infrastructure - originally printed in Renewable Resources Journal
Parks and Urban Heat Island - U.S. Forest Service
Health Benefits
8 Ways Parks Improve Your Health [Video] - Trust for Public Land
This is Your Brain on Nature - National Geographic
How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier and More Creative - Huffington Post
The Nature Cure - The Atlantic