Webinar: Sign Regulation after Reed v. Town of Gilbert, AZSeptember 16, 2015, noon to 1:30
Cost $10 per participant
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The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert may make it more difficult for local governments to regulate signs in a content neutral manner under the First Amendment. City of Clearwater Concilmember Bill Jonson, a local elected official who has advocated successfully for many years for scenic values, including sign regulation, will explain how communities are affected by signs and why local governments regulate signs. National legal experts on sign regulation, Susan L. Trevarthen, Esq., FAICP and William Brinton, Esq., will then provide a history of the facts and issues in Reed, examine the Supreme Court’s decision in Reed, including the three concurring opinions, and analyze the impact the Court’s decision will have on local governments, planners, and communities in Florida.
The cost of this webinar is $10 per participant. 1000 Friends has applied for professional certification credits for planners (AICP CM) and Florida attorneys (CLE).
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Citizens Organizing for Positive Community Change
No professional certification credits will be offered for this event
October 14, 2015, noon to 1:30 p.m.
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To waive the $10 registration fee, fill out the registration information and click on “continue” at the bottom of the page. You will then be taken to the payment page – log out and we will confirm your registration at our end. If you do not receive a link in a few days, please email trussell@1000fof.org.
As anthropologist Margaret Mead famously noted, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” 1000 Friends’ free October webinar will focus on how thoughtful citizens in Florida can organize for positive community change. Using case studies, speakers will share effective strategies to mobilize citizens, build coalitions, work with the media, persuade elected officials, raise funds, and more. The webinar will conclude with a question and answer period.
Presenter Pamela Hall is one of the leaders of the citizen-based Keep It Rural coalition. Originally coalescing in 2014 to oppose an inappropriately placed gas station and convenience store in rural Leon County, the group went on to convince the County Commission to take a holistic review and update of land use policies to better protect rural areas from inappropriate development.
Executive Director of Tropical Audubon, Laura Reynolds is an active leader in the decade-old Hold the Line Coalition in Miami-Dade County. Representing close to 140 organizations, businesses, homeowner groups and municipalities, the coalition works to protect rural and natural areas outside of the county’s Urban Development Boundary and support smart growth within the urban core area.
Cris Costello is a Regional Organizer for the Florida Chapter of Sierra Club, focusing on grassroots mobilization on environmental and smart growth issues. Working with teams of volunteers who organize their own teams of volunteers, she supports citizen-based efforts to promote Everglades restoration, improve water quality, protect panther habitat, support green transportation and more.
As this webinar is geared to citizens, no professional certification credits will be offered
but all are welcome to attend.