Our Mission
Preserve, protect and enhance the character and beauty of Jacksonville’s natural and built environment.
Design, Development, Preservation
Advocating for design excellence, enhanced streetscapes and parks, and preserving our city’s historic and natural assets.
Trees and Landscapes
Replenishing and protecting the tree canopy; promoting natural landscapes and green infrastructure.
Trees and Landscapes
Replenishing and protecting the tree canopy; promoting natural landscapes and green infrastructure.
Utilities
Placing utilities underground and minimizing the visual impact of utilities, cellular towers and equipment.
Signage
Reducing billboards and ensuring commercial signage adheres to design standards.
Signage
Reducing billboards and ensuring commercial signage adheres to design standards.
“Builders of great cities we all must be.”
— Joe Riley, former mayor of Charleston SC
News & Events
Nancy Powell Named Executive Director for Scenic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL (February 12, 2020) – Scenic Jacksonville, Inc. announced today that Nancy Powell has been named executive director. In this newly created position, Powell will be responsible for helping the organization establish the operations, | more...
SJ Sponsors “Sense of Place” Exhibit for Timuquan Parks Foundation
Scenic Jacksonville is proud to sponsor the "Sense of Place" portion of the Timucuan Parks Foundation exhibit at the Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville. The exhibition, titled “Timucuan Parks Foundation: Celebrate | more...
Bill Brinton Scholarship
Each year, Scenic Jacksonville is proud to support one Bill Brinton Scholar to work as an environmental legal intern under the direction of the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute. The Public Trust Law hires students | more...
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SCENIC ALERT from Scenic America - Good News!
"WE DID IT.
On July 1st, H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act—a piece of legislation that will help fund our transportation priorities as a nation for the next 5 years—passed the House by a vote of 233-188.
We have 3 big, big wins to boast about here:
· Amendment #316, the brazen attack by the billboard industry to overrun our nation's highways, FAILED. It is NOT in this legislation.
· H.R. 2 includes funding for the National Scenic Byways Program for the first time in 8 years, a total of $325 million over 5 years
· And it grants access to $25 billion per year for undergrounding of utility wires, through the National Highway Performance Program.
What happens now?
The Senate has their own piece of legislation (S. 2302). Once it passes, the two bills will go to a conference committee. The Senate will act on theirs either later this summer, or early in the fall. It is must-pass legislation, so it's on its way for sure. We'll keep you updated and let you know how it's going!
This was an immense group effort.
The calls, the emails, the letters, the meetings—it all added up to these hard-fought, but substantial, wins for our nation's scenic beauty. The business of crafting legislation can be a heartbreaking one, but because of you, we can chalk this one up as a victory. We could not have done this without you—every single one of you.
Our supporters are simply the best."
With gratitude,
Mark Falzone
President, Scenic America
www.scenic.org
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