FOF 1246 - Newsletter Spring 2022 v6# - 1000 Friends of Florida

The Newsletter of 1000 Friends of Florida

BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES • SAVING SPECIAL PLACES

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Long-time supporters of 1000 Friends of Florida may have noticed our increasing emphasis on

water policy. Examples abound: During this year’s legislative session, we tracked more than 30 Senate and House bills related to water quality and quantity. We sounded the alarm on the harmful impacts that a Senate budget bill could have on water policy. Our outreach director, Haley Busch, has been working closely with other Florida conservation groups to monitor the drafting of new state water regulations.

We remain, at heart, an organization that advocates a land-use planning process that empowers citizens and preserves our quality of life and environment. But when that process fails to meet those critical objectives, water quality is often a casualty. Sprawling development — a hallmark of poor planning — increases polluted nutrient runoff from fertilizer and paved surfaces into waterways while it eliminates open land that naturally cleanses and recharges the water supply. Such development is often served by septic tanks, which add further to the nutrient load in waterways that fuels environmentally and economically disastrous outbreaks of blue-green algae and red tide. And sprawl depletes the water supply that is essential to provide our drinking water and support our wildlife, waterways and tourism economy.

Florida’s leaders have recognized the importance of restoring water quality by dedicating billions of dollars in recent years to that purpose. We applaud that investment, but it’s a back-end solution. We would also like to see more measures to fortify the community planning process to prevent those problems at the front end: Creating more opportunities earlier in the process for citizens to have meaningful input. Maintaining urban service boundaries and other reasonable limits on development. Setting a higher standard for approval of permanent land-use changes. Restoring the right of citizens to challenge development orders. We continue to push for policies like these at the local and state levels.

It is not possible to protect water in Florida without responsible community planning. The two goals are inextricably linked. It's no exaggeration to say that Florida’s future depends on a clean and abundant water supply. Our efforts to fight for that future are strengthened by your support. We’re grateful for it.

Paul Owens President

From the PresidentOfficers Susan Trevarthen, Chair Fort Lauderdale F. Gregory Barnhart, Vice Chair West Palm Beach Timothee Sallin, Secretary Clermont Timothy Jackson, Treasurer Longwood Board Members Bob Cambric, Apopka Lee Constantine, Altamonte Springs Courtney Cunningham, Miami Andrew Dickman, Naples Jim Swann, Cocoa Vicki Tschinkel, Tallahassee Jacob D. Varn, Tallahassee Mark Watts, DeLand Board Members Emeritus Lester Abberger, Tallahassee Robert Davis, Seaside James Nicholas, Gainesville Roy Rogers, Lighthouse Point Staff and Consultants Paul Owens, President Orlando Haley Busch, Outreach Director St. Petersburg Carol Jones, Office Assistant Tallahassee Toni Russell, Operations & Development Director Tallahassee Jane West, Esq. Policy & Planning Director St. Augustine Vivian Young, AICP, Communications Director Tallahassee Robert N. Hartsell, P.A., Legal Counsel Pompano Beach Featured Photographer Eric Clay Designer www.CuneoCreative.comForesight is published by 1000 Friends of Florida, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization founded in 1986. 1000 Friends of Florida works to save special places and build better communities.

Post Office Box 5948 Tallahassee, FL 32314-5948 Phone: 850-222-6277 E-mail: [email protected] Web: 1000friendsofflorida.org

INSIGHT

Paul Owens

Photo Courtesy of Eric Clay

Blowing Rocks in Martin County

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From an early age, Eric Clay had a deep affinity for the natural world.

However, growing up in a suburban Florida community afforded him few opportunities to venture into nature. Instead, he spent countless hours reading about and viewing photos of the world at large, dreaming of a day when he could experience it all firsthand.

Eric eventually ended up working full-time in advertising doing web and graphic design. It was here that his work as a photographer began to take shape as a supplement to his design work. In 2008, a transition away from full-time work to freelance allowed Eric to have more time to

combine his love of nature and photography and begin travelling around the country shooting landscapes. Today he has built an impressive portfolio of fine-art landscape imagery with placement in galleries and exhibitions at juried art shows.

Eric notes that he wants to “spread awareness that if these amazing things are not protected

from threats, be they environmental, physical, or even ideological, they may not survive for future generations.” Visit ericclay.com to view Eric’s portfolio.

Eric Clay

PHOTOGRAPHER IN FOCUS: Eric Clay


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Sustain our important work by making a lasting commitment that will help protect the unique and special places in Florida for generations to come.

By including 1000 Friends of Florida in your estate plan today you will create a legacy of keeping Florida healthy for tomorrow.*

For more information please contact Toni Russell at [email protected]

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Make Us a Part of Your Charitable Giving this Year!

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1000 Friends’ legislative team – Paul Owens, Jane West, Haley Busch, and Vivian Young – tracked more than 100 bills this session, testifying before the Legislature, working with key legislators and the media, sending

email alerts, and more. Your calls and emails helped make a difference. Here are some highlights:

2022 Florida Legislative Wrap Up

ADVOCATE’S CORNER

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Spending and Bills We Supported that Were Enacted

With help from federal stimulus dollars, legislators made significant investments in priority

initiatives, with some caveats. More than $450 million was allocated for land conservation, including $100 million for Florida Forever and $300 million for the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, but none for Florida Communities Trust, which acquires land for parks. Thanks to calls from supporters, legislators increased affordable housing funding to $362 million, which exceeded initial spending proposals from the Governor and both chambers. However, a new $100 million program to provide homeownership assistance for first responders, nurses, teachers and other hometown heroes was created at the expense of

traditional funding for rental assistance to low- and very-low-income Floridians.

The Legislature budgeted almost $500 million for community resilience programs and passed legislation to make permanent a state resilience office, authorize local land authorities to administer grants for residential flood and sea-level rise mitigation projects, and require annual reports on the impact of sea-level rise on flood control infrastructure in Central and South Florida. While we supported each of these measures to help Florida’s communities address existing challenges, they are only part of the answer. More is needed in future sessions to also address the causes of climate change.

Bills We Opposed that Died

1000 Friends played a major role opposing several damaging bills that ultimately failed. Once

considered a cinch to pass, SB 198/HB 349 would have permitted more options to destroy already declining seagrass. SB 280/HB 403 would have mandated that local governments draft business impact statements on many local ordinances before they could be passed. SB 1030/HB 681 would have weakened impact fees by allowing them to be expanded from a development area to an entire municipality or county. SB 398/HB 157 would have placed an arbitrary cap on state spending on public transportation projects. We spoke out against these bills and rallied our supporters to oppose them.

Visit 1000fof.org/legis/2022-legislative-session for more information on what passed and failed during the 2022 Florida Legislative Session.

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Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse in Palm Beach County

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Objectionable Measures that Were Improved Before Passage

Abill making local governments liable for businesses’ lost profits (SB 620) passed, but was

narrowed in its scope amid our outspoken opposition, delivered in testimony and a Tampa Bay Times op-ed. Despite the improvements, 1000 Friends is sending a veto request to Gov. DeSantis.

1000 Friends also played a key role in securing improvements to legislation related to school concurrency, mixed-use residential developments with affordable housing, farmers controlling their own fertilizer application and mitigation banks for stormwater runoff.

Looking Forward

While some funding and legislation helped address issues facing our communities today,

Florida needs much bolder and visionary solutions that tackle the causes of problems facing our state, not just the symptoms.



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ADVOCATE’S CORNER

This past November, Martin County Commissioners were poised to give final

approval to a radical change to the county’s comprehensive growth management plan by removing a set of objectives and policies protecting the environment, quality of life and taxpayers. Staff maintained that the provisions were redundant with other parts of the plan and could conflict with a new mandated property rights element. We alerted our county followers, and more than two dozen testified against it along with 1000 Friends of Florida President Paul Owens. Commissioners voted unanimously to withdraw the change and study the issues further in a series of public workshops

In February, however, commissioners considered a different amendment to create a

new “Rural Lifestyles” land-use designation. It would increase allowed densities on rural lands outside the county’s Urban Services District (USD) from 1 unit to 20 acres to 1 unit per 5 acres. Paul Owens returned to Stuart to urge commissioners to reject the transmittal of the amendment to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). Once again, testimony from the public was overwhelmingly opposed.

While commissioners called for public workshops, they also voted 3-2 to transmit the amendment for DEO review with a final county vote scheduled for May. We have outlined our concerns in a letter to DEO and will continue to urge commissioners to vote no on this extremely damaging amendment.

A Victory and a Setback in Martin County

The words “advocate” and “Martin County” cannot be used together without mention of

Maggy Hurchalla. Maggy passed away on February 19 at the age of 81, after decades spent fighting tirelessly for managing growth and protecting the environment

Maggy served on the Martin County Commission for five terms from 1974 to 1994 as its first woman member. She played an instrumental role in the development, passage and ongoing protection of the county’s award-winning local comprehensive plan, which her son George said was her “proudest achievement.”

She worked closely with 1000 Friends of Florida co-founder Nathaniel Pryor Reed, a friend and fellow Martin County resident, and 1000 Friends staff on the preparation of the county’s comprehensive plan and innumerable

efforts over the decades to preserve natural lands from inappropriate development. Her love for Martin County and tireless advocacy will be sorely missed.

In Memory of Advocate Maggy Hurchalla

Maggy Hurchalla and Nathaniel Reed in 2014, with Finn Adornato Bogardus.


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Congratulations to the citizens of Winter Park for taking proactive steps to protect their

vision for the future in their community! Six amendments to the Winter Park Charter were endorsed by 1000 Friends of Florida and, on March 8, ratified by city residents. These amendments will subject land-use decisions with permanent impacts on the city’s character and

environment to the higher level of discussion, scrutiny and public engagement they deserve. This will help preserve the high quality of life in Winter Park, one of Florida’s unique and distinctive communities. The amendments track closely with the provisions of a model property rights element 1000 Friends developed in 2021. To find out more see 1000fof.org/property-rights.

Winter Park Passes Charter Amendments

The 330-mile toll road network proposed to slice through rural western Florida was halted

last year with the passage of SB 100. But two segments of 2019’s Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) project continue to move forward.

SB 100 mandates that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) continue planning for the Northern Turnpike Extension through Citrus, Levy, Marion and Sumter counties, and upgrade and expand U.S. 19 from Citrus County to

Interstate 10 in Madison County. Initial planning is under way. Once more detailed Project Development and Environment (PD&E) plans are released (which are required to include no-build options) 1000 Friends will weigh in with positions, recommendations and advocacy.

M-CORES 2.0 will be a hot topic for the 2023 Florida Legislature. We urge you to meet with your state representative and senator now to express any concerns, and visit 1000fof.org/mcores for more information.

M-CORES 2.0 is Rolling Out


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Last fall, 1000 Friends received a grant from the Sea Grape Foundation for a two-year project on the

environmental, economic and social impacts of how Florida disposes of biosolids — sludge from wastewater treatment plants. The project will focus on the widespread practice of applying biosolids as fertilizer on Florida’s agricultural lands, and explore more environmentally and economically sustainable alternatives.

Limits on where biosolids can be spread in Florida’s urban centers in part has resulted in land application elsewhere in the state, especially the St. Johns River Basin. Biosolids contain nitrogen and phosphorous, which foster toxic algae blooms when they wash off land into waterways. There are also increasing concerns about man-made substances in biosolids that do not easily break down such as perfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) and household pharmaceuticals. The Sea Grape Foundation expressed particular interest in the impacts of

biosolids application on water quality and lower-income communities.

To coordinate the research, 1000 Friends has retained Craig Diamond, who has decades of experience in natural resources field research, environmental statistics, environmental economics, policy evaluation, and decision-making. 1000 Friends staff and board members, Florida State University and the University of Florida researchers, and a broad-based panel representing stakeholders will provide additional information and review. The research will culminate with a technical report and a public education and advocacy campaign. These elements will form the foundation for advocacy during legislative sessions in 2023 and beyond.

As Florida continues to grow, the need for better ways to dispose of biosolids will grow with it. We look forward to catalyzing policy improvements for this increasingly important environmental and land-use issue.

Focus on Biosolids

BETTER COMMUNITIES

In December, 1000 Friends President Paul Owens and Policy & Planning Director

Jane West met with several dozen Winter Park residents including city commissioners and candidates. This “friendraiser,” organized by 1000 Friends member Charley Williams, was hosted by Casa Feliz, a historic home museum in the community. After Paul covered 1000 Friends’ history and mission, Jane discussed our policy priorities for the 2022 legislative session. The attentive crowd had great questions.

We welcome the opportunity to hold more events like this in communities across our state – to talk about the importance of community planning and empowering citizens in the process. Citizen involvement is at the heart of all we do.

Winter Park “Friendraiser”

1000 Friends President Paul Owens addresses concerned citizens at the December “Friendraiser” in Winter Park

Photo Courtesy of Jane West


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On January 5, 1000 Friends hosted a second meeting at the Jupiter Island Town Hall in

Martin County’s Hobe Sound to discuss the impact legislation under consideration during the 2022 session could have on policies and funding for water quality, conservation, resilience to climate-change

impacts, local government home rule, and growth management.

1000 Friends of Florida staff members Paul Owens, Jane West and Haley Busch also engaged with local residents on how to address increasing growth pressures in Martin County.

Jupiter Island Town Hall

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On February 7, Lake County elected officials representing the county and all 14

municipalities came together for a visioning session on the region’s future growth and development. This meeting established a working group to develop a strategy for promoting growth in urban areas while preserving the unique character of rural Lake County. Discussion centered on the role of local governments in rural preservation, availability of planning tools, how to communicate with citizens how growth is paid for over time, and how to equitably and efficiently distribute those costs.

1000 Friends President Paul Owens and Outreach Director Haley Busch attended this

preliminary meeting to signal support for this regional, forward-thinking planning effort. “We were encouraged to see a willingness to engage among representatives of all the municipalities,” explains Owens. “We strongly support the development of a shared vision for Lake County.”

Lake County’s Rural Protection Areas (RPAs), recognized in the Comprehensive Plan, signify residents’ desires to preserve open, natural areas and their appreciation for a bucolic quality of life. As Central Florida’s Orlando and Tampa Bay regions grow, it is critical counties like Lake prepare today for encroaching development.

Lake County Visioning

Blue Hole Spring Run at Florida Caverns State Park in Jackson County


BETTER COMMUNITIES

FREE Dr. John M. DeGrove WEBINAR SERIES

1000 Friends’ free Dr. John M. DeGrove webinar series focuses on issues critical to all Floridians: managing growth, conserving land, protecting water quality and supply, and much more. Close to 30,000 individuals have participated in the live

events with untold others viewing the recordings since 2011. You may find out more and register for upcoming webinars at 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars.

Find Out More and Register at 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars

Educating Floridians on strategies to save special places and build better communities is

at the heart of what we do at 1000 Friends. We work to make bureaucratic planning processes more understandable so that citizens are better prepared to effectively engage.

1000 Friends is pleased to add three new studies to our Special Reports series: Paying for Development in Florida: The Role of Impact Fees, Florida’s Community Planning Process, and Transportation Policy, Planning and Implementation in Florida. You may find these reports and more useful resources at 1000fof.org/outreach/reports.

Special Reports

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Bahia Honda Palms in Monroe County


FRIENDS UPDATE

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On February 17, 2022, 1000 Friends of

Florida founding board member and longtime treasurer, Jerry Sokolow of Miami, passed away at the age of 93. Because of his vast expertise in financial management, 1000 Friends founder Nathaniel Reed asked him personally to serve as the first treasurer for the then-fledgling organization. Jerry served as both a board member and the treasurer from 1986 to 2001.

Jerry is remembered as the consummate professional who always had the best interests of 1000 Friends in mind. He was raised in Miami and went on to graduate from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Business Administration. A CPA, he founded and was a

partner in several accounting firms, including one with his daughter, Carol Sokolow, CPA.

A devoted family man, Jerry is survived by his loving wife, Arlene, two children (Leonard and Carol and spouses), three stepchildren (Patricia, Jill and Robert Kahn and spouses), many grandchildren and one great granddaughter. He and his family were avid boaters, with Jerry serving as Commodore of the Matheson Hammock Yacht Club and a Finance Committee member of the Coral Reef Yacht Club.

As was noted in his obituary, “Also, of great pride to Jerry was when he served on the Board of Directors of 1000 Friends of Florida from 1986-2001 as well as taking on the role of its Treasurer.”

The family asks that Memoriam donations be made in Jerry’s name to 1000 Friends at 1000fof.org/donate. To find out more about Jerry, please visit 1000fof.org/about/sokolow

Founding Treasurer Jerry Sokolow Passes

Katherine Wegzryn is interning with 1000

Friends of Florida this spring. Katie earned master’s degrees in both Urban and Regional Planning and Public Health from Florida State University and is currently finishing the first year of her doctoral program there in Urban and Regional Planning. As part of her doctoral research, Katie will be producing a handbook depicting how different communities in Florida can design their public spaces to promote feelings of security and safety in active transportation.

Katie has vast experience in community led planning projects both domestically and internationally in countries such as Guatemala and Peru. Upon earning her PhD, she will work in advocacy and policy-making fields.

Welcome Intern Katherine Wegzryn

Katherine Wegzryn

Nathaniel Reed and Jerry Sokolow in 1988.


Boca Grande Rear Range Light 2 in Gasparilla Island State Park


We appreciate the many foundations, corporations, organizations, and individuals supporting our work over the years. Recent gifts have been provided by:

THANK YOU to Our Donors Who Contributed During the Period from October 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022.

DONOR HIGHLIGHTS

FLORIDA BENEFACTOR ($50,000 and Above) Sea Grape Foundation NATHANIEL REED LEGACY ($30,000 - $49,999) Mr. Edward Hamm, Jr. and the Hersey Foundation The Barbara A. Stiefel Foundation FLORIDA STEWARD ($10,000 - $19,999) Fidelity Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence and Stephanie Flinn, Jr. The Henry Foundation* Ms. Lynn F. Leverett Amy E. Lohman Charitable Foundation Marmot Foundation* McCausland Foundation Ms. Elizabeth G. Riley & Mr. Daniel E. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus W. and Joanne Spurlino The John A. and Elizabeth F. Taylor Charitable Foundation NATHANIEL REED SOCIETY ($5,000 - $9,999) The Acorn Foundation Mr. F. Gregory Barnhart Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Bisciotti Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Brennan, III Mr. Charles W. Causey* Mr. Mark F. Dalton Christy Hamilton and Theodore A. McGraw Mr. John W. Madigan Morgan Stanley GIFTS Marni and Morris Propp, II Family Foundation Mr. Andrew Rubenstein St. Johns Riverkeeper DIAMOND CLUB ($3,000 - $4,999) Ms. Estelle R. Brashears Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Ms. Judith M. Buechner*

Clark Family Foundation Mrs. Francis W. Hatch* Mr. Timothy Jackson Ms. Sallye G. Jude & Ms. Joan Anne Jude* Ms. Gail Knisely Dr. Peggy Roanne Moreno Mr. Richard Z. Robinson Mr. Timothee Sallin Schwab Charitable Vanguard Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Walsh FRIEND ($1,000 - $2,999) ($1,000 - $2,999) Mr. & Mrs. John and Therese Adams American Endowment Foundation Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. David Auth Ayco Charitable Foundation Mr. Thomas J. Baird The George F. Baker Trust Mrs. Bob Bangert Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Ann Bartram Berg Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Phil and Carol Besler Mr. & Mrs. Willard Bunn, III Mrs. Coleman P. Burke Donald Grant and Ann Martin Calder Foundation Mr. Chris Calder and Family Mr. & Mrs. David Carlino Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stanley Chatham Ms. Virginia Coleman Community Foundation for SE Michigan Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. Peter O. Crisp* Mr. & Mrs. James F. Curtis, III Dade Heritage Trust, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John and Mary Davis Mr. & Mrs. Claiborne P. Deming Devon Creek Foundation Mr. Robert Stanley Dow Ms. Lisa Dunlap Florida Power & Light Company William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation Ms. Patricia Forkan Friends of the Wekiva River Ms. Gillian S. Fuller

Gorter Family Foundation Mr. Peter Gottfried Mrs. Jane M. Hamilton* Ms. Candis M. Harbison Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Hayt Hermann Family Foundation Hoover Pumping Systems Mr. & Mrs. Chris and Merideth Hughes Mr. E. Roy Hunt* Mr. & Mrs. William H. Ingram Mr. John C. Jansing and the Jansing-Cook Foundation Ms. Catherine Johnson Mr. William C. Jonson* Ms. Susan Kasten Ms. Charline Kennedy* Mr. Kristopher Kest Mr. Douglas M. Kinney Mrs. Mary Ann Hamilton Lamont* Landmark Charitable Foundation Legatus Foundation Mrs. Susan Eckert Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Marin Mr. & Mrs. Spencer S. Marsh III Ms. Marilee B. Matteson Mr. & Mrs. Hans C. Mautner McAdams Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Ms. Catherine D. McGraw and Mr. W. Scott McGraw Mr. & Mrs. John and Elly McKenna Mrs. Valerie C. McNeely Mr. & Mrs. William C. Miller, IV* The Mosaic Foundation Ms. Elizabeth H. Munro Ms. Edie Murphy Mr. & Mrs. W. Stephen Murray New Wilderness Point Foundation Newman Family Foundation NVIDIA Hugh and Patricia O'Kane Family Foundation Ms. Rebecca D. O'Neill Mary K. Oxley Foundation Mr. Mark Packer Mr. & Mrs. Homi and Anne Patel Mrs. Joanne D. Payson* The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred and Iris Pollack Ms. Nancy Prine*

Mr. & Mrs. Joe and Emilie Pryor The Harold and Kate Reed Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Sidney and Maryanette Robinson Ms. Gloria Romero Roses Ms. Susan Schoettle-Gumm Scott Family Foundation Mr. William W. Shelden, Jr. South Walton Community Council Mr. Leon St. John Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. John Strawbridge, III Mr. Marty Sullivan Mr. Stephen B. Timbers Mr. John Tozzi Mr. & Mrs. Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. Clare and Dirk M. Van Doren Mr. Jake D. Varn Mr. & Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, III Mr. & Mrs. Borden and Michele Walker Mr. & Mrs. William L. Wallace Mrs. Patricia G. Warner Weyerhaeuser The Greene Wiegand Charitable Fund The Abra Wilkin Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ted and Trudy Winsberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Nancy Wong Shelton and Wood Giving Fund SPONSOR ($500 - $999) Mr. Lester Abberger Mr. John Antoon Mr. Theodore Babbitt Mrs. Charles P. Bagby Baltimore Community Foundation Dr. Ray Bellamy Mr. & Mrs. Rodney B. Berens Mr. & Mrs. William and Tillie Blumstein Mr. & Mrs. Leslie and Sherry Boydstun Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brady Mr. & Mrs. Bennett and Arlene Brummer Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Buck Dr. & Mrs. James N. Burt* Ms. Mary Ann Casey Mr. Dwight B. Crane and Ms. Loretto F. Crane Ms. Bonnie Cruickshank-Lind Mr. Rodney D. Day, III Mr. & Mrs. Guy and Kitty de Chazal

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Mr. William M. DeGrove Mr. Charles W. Dodson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen and Sue Foreman Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Nancy Frehling* Dr. Ralph I. Freudenthal Ms. Barbara Garrett Mr. Peter Gibian The Patricia and J. Harvey Graves Family Foundation Mr. Al Hadeed* Mr. & Mrs. Fred and Patricia Harden* Ms. Bonnie Hechtkopf Mr. Steven Hightower Mrs. Richard A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Henry and Christine Ho Mr. Joseph Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. R. Duane Iselin Mr. & Mrs. Richard O. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. James L. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Jones, Jr. Ms. Mae T. Jones JP Morgan Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey E. Kelter Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Kenworthy, III Mr. Thomas Leonard Knapp, Jr. Mr. Peter O. Lawson-Johnston* David and Elizabeth Long Foundation Ms. Patty Malone Ms. Janet R. McAliley Ms. Judith L. McBrayer Ms. Lisa McGlynn Mr. James E. McGuire Ms. Eliza Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Wayne and Delores Mills Morton Family Foundation E. Murdoch Family Foundation National Christian Foundation of Orlando Dr. Jim Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Nielsen Ms. Sara O'Connell Ms. Janelle Perez Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Pool, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Leslie Poole Ms. Kendra Porta Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Judy Pronsky Renaissance Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Lisa Rollo SAD Foundation Helen and Harry Saul Foundation Claire and Betty Schelske Fund* Mr. & Mrs. Peter and Lisa Schiff Mr. Mark Schroeder Mr. Fred C. Schulte Ms. Cynthia J. Schumacher* Ms. Virginia P. Sherlock Mrs. Megan Sladek Mr. & Mrs. Edward Byron Smith, Jr. Ms. Caroline B. Sory Mr. Michael C. Steele Ms. Nancy Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Darren and Winifred Stowe Mr. & Mrs. Byron and Nancy Sugahara Target Print & Mail

Ms. Susan O. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Townsend Ms. Susan Trevarthen Mr. Ronald M. Van Oeveren Mrs. John B. Vaughan* Ms. Nancy G. Walker Mr. Mark Watts Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. White, III Mr. David R. Wilmerding, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Augustus Wilmerding, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jay M. Wilson Mr. Roger H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. F. Anthony Zunino, III ANNIVERSARY CLUB ($300 - $499) Mr. Percy Angelo & Mr. Marvin Medintz Anonymous Ms. Mary Baird Ms. Deidre Bryan Ms. Gail Carmody Capt. Ed Davidson* Ms. Edith E. Dopking Mr. Salvatore Faso Mr. & Mrs. Timothy and Blair Givens Mrs. Nina B. Griswold* Mr. & Mrs. Jason Guari Mr. Christian Guier Ms. Kay Haxton Mr. Ronald Hayes Ms. Susan Hoke Ms. Stephanie Jofe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Johnson Mr. Charles Michael Kienzle Mr. & Mrs. Vince Lamb Mr. Robert M. Nied* Ms. Judy Orcutt Mr. David M. Orshefsky* Mr. Daniel J. Powell Ms. Marsha A. Reardon Ms. Janet Stanko Teagle Foundation Ms. Wanda Van Dam Mr. Howard J. Vogel Ms. Rosemary E. Armstrong & Mr. Sandy Weinberg, Jr.* Mr. Van Williams FAMILY ($100 - $299) Ms. Lisa Parks Abberger* Ms. Carole Abbott Ms. Katie Abbott Ms. Alison Adams Mr. Gary Alexander Ms. Kimberle A. Allen Ms. Robin Annexstein Anonymous Ms. Sandra Cook Apthorp Ms. Yoca Arditi-Rocha Mr. Terrell K. Arline

Ms. Patricia Auffhammer Mr. David Ausherman Mr. E. William Aylward Mr. & Mrs. John and Lynn Babcock Ms. Robin Bachin Mr. Douglas B. Bailey Ms. Maribel Balbin Mr. James M. Ballentine, Jr. Ms. Christine Bamberger Mr. & Mrs. David A. Barrett Mr. Stephen Bartram, Jr. Mr. John Battle Mr. & Mrs. William and Gail Beck Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Berg* Ms. Elena Berrie Mr. & Mrs. Charles Birdsey Mr. Thomas M. Bizzell* Dr. Susan Marks and Mr. Bruce J. Black Ms. Bonnie Blue Ms. Jan Blue Dr. Bonnie Kranzer Boland* Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Boothby Mr. John C. Bordeaux Mr. Greg Braun Ms. Margaret Briggs Mr. Jerry L. Burns* Mrs. Jonathan Bush Ms. Lois Bush Ms. Mary Cagle Ms. Margaret D. Carpenter Ms. Lori Carroll Ms. Margaret Carson Dr. Joan S. Carver* Mr. & Mrs. John and Holly Cassani Ms. Jean M. Catchpole Ms. Linda Chapin Mr. & Mrs. Harry G. Charlston Ms. Michelle Cherry Mr. Harry F. Chiles Mrs. Carol G. Clarkson* Mr. & Mrs. Tim and Robin Clemmons* Ms. Paula Collins* Ms. Frances Colon Mr. Joseph Comella The Honorable Lee Constantine Ms. Sharon Conway Mrs. Cornelia L. Cook* Ms. Carolyn Cooper Ms. Hannah Coxwell Mr. Michael Crew Ms. Marilyn E. Crotty Mr. & Mrs. Bob Crowell* Mr. & Mrs. Carey and Patti Davis The Honorable Sheila DeCiccio Ms. Nan DeGrove Mr. Russell DeGrove Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Patricia Del Bello The Honorable Paula M. DeLaney & Mr. Bruce D. DeLaney Ms. Suzanne Delehanty Ms. Gail G. Delp Mr. Al DiCalvo

Mr. David Doebler Mr. Eric Draper Mr. James E. Duffy Mr. Robert Duncan Ms. Lisa Esserman Ms. Rebecca Falkenberry & Mr. Bill Stokes Ms. Barbara Falsey Ms. Carol Fine Ms. Mary Finnan Ms. Barbara A. Fisher Ms. Eloise Fisher* Mr. & Mrs. William A. Fisher, III Mr. David Flinchum Mr. Richard Foss* Ms. Leannie Freeman Mr. Jim Fritz Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Furen Ms. Lusia Galav Mr. Nathan Gauthier Mr. Edward M. George* Ms. Beverly Gerald Mr. & Mrs. Dieter P. Gerlach Ms. Patricia Gertenbach Mr. George Glenn, Jr. Ms. Joan Godoy Ms. Ginger Goepper Ms. Carol D. Goldenhersh Mr. Scott Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gonyaw* Mr. & Mrs. Phil and Carol Goodyear* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gordon Green Horizon Land Trust Mr. Gerald Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Griffin* Ms. Lauren Groff Mr. Ronald S. Gross Ms. Linda Gudger Mr. Rafael Guissari Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gumula Mr. Richard Hagerty Ms. Beth Hall Mr. & Mrs. Calvert Barrows Hall Ms. Mary K. Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Frederick O. Hanser Ms. Kathryn Hardage Mr. Thomas Harowski Ms. Kandi K. Harper Ms. Frances Van Horn Harris* Ms. Sarah Harrison Mr. David Hastings Mr. Michael Hayes Mr. Ronald M. Hays, Jr.* Mr. Harold D. Heck, Jr. Mr. Clay Henderson Mr. Gregory Hess Mr. & Mrs. Patrick C. and Nancy Higgs* Ms. Christina Hite Ms. Anna Hochkammer Ms. Deborah Hoffman Mr. Earl A. Hollis Ms. Teresa Holmes The Academy Place Foundation

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DONOR HIGHLIGHTS

Ms. Mary L. Hutton Ms. Sara Isaac Mr. M. Carl Johnson, III Ms. Faith Jones Mr. Bruce Jordan Ms. Margaret Julian Ms. Leila Tauil D.F. Kallop Ms. Karen Kebart Key Deer Protection Alliance Ms. Carolyn Kindell Mr. David King Ms. Sarah King Mr. Dwight Kingsbury Dr. Robert Lee Knight Ms. Robin C. Krivanek Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. Kuhl Ms. Anne Adams Laumont Mr. & Mrs. David Leavitt Mr. & Mrs. Raymond and Loralee Leboeuf Ms. Gay N. Lehman Ms. Cindy Lerner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Lessing Ms. Euridice Miranda Lopez Mr. & Mrs. John and Suzanne Lubera The Honorable Buddy MacKay and Mrs. MacKay* Ms. Debbie Maller Ms. Rochelle A. Marrinan Ms. Melinda McNichols Mrs. Janet McPherson Ms. Donna Melzer Mr. Anthony Mennella Ms. Judith A. Merkt Dr. Louis Merlin Mr. John Robert Middlemas Mr. & Mrs. Fred and Gabrielle Milch Mr. John M. Milledge Mr. Leverett S. Miller Mr. Steve Mitherz Mr. W. Christopher Mortenson, Jr. Mr. James F. Murley Mr. Robert G. Murphy & Ms. Patricia A. O'Brien Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Martha Musgrove Ms. Eileen Naaman* Mr. George Narwold* Ms. Nancy B. Nelsen Mr. Kyle Nelson Ms. Margaret A. Nelson* Ms. Patricia Nolan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Nolan, III Ms. Elizabeth L. Nottingham Mr. Robert E. Olson Mr. Paul Owens Mr. Daniel Padilla Ochoa Ms. Patsy Palmer Mr. Robert Palmer Mr. Tom Palmer Mr. Sean Parks Mr. & Mrs. J. Geddes Parsons Mr. Stewart E. Parsons

Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Patricia Pattison Mr. Peter S. Pauley* Ms. Nancy A. Payton Mr. Richard Pettigrew Ms. Jane Pfaffenberger Mr. & Mrs. Seth and Consuelo Pierrepont Mr. Matthew Pinzur Ms. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk* Mr. & Mrs. Leonard S. Platt Mr. & Mrs. Samuel S. Polk Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Deborah Pucillo Ms. Mary Rawl Mr. Harry D. Reed, III Mr. Craig E. Reese* Mr. Frederick D. Remsen Mr. Stephen J. Robitaille Mr. Mitchell Roffer Mrs. Cynthia A. Rogers Ms. Ellen Rose Mr. & Mrs. David and Andrea Rossiter Ms. Mary Ann Ruiz Ms. Christine Rupp Ms. Liza Ryan Mr. Timothy Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Sandy and Stephanie Salzinger Ms. Yanyn San Luis Mr. Jordan Saunders Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Scalise Mr. & Mrs. Victor and Barri Schledt Mr. Morley Schloss Ms. Nancy D. Scott* Ms. Virginia Shaller Mr. James F. Shea Ms. Rachel Silverstein Mr. & Mrs. Ken and Julie Sipes Ms. Cynthia Smith Mr. & Mrs. Les and Cindy Smith Mr. Ronald A. Soulard* Ms. Pat Southward Mr. & Mrs. Julius Sparacino Ms. Patricia Spear Mr. & Mrs. Ron and Debbie Spoehel Mr. James Stevenson Ms. Ellen Stichter Ms. Heidi Stiller Mr. Philip Stoddard Mr. Eugene Sulzberger Mr. Kenneth Sussman Mr. Daniel H. Thompson Mr. David F. Toal Treasure Coast RPC Mr. Leonard Tylenda Mr. Thomas Tyson Ms. Katherine Vaccaro Ms. Nancy Vaughn Ms. Joyce M. Vicenzi Ms. Tammy Vrana Ms. Katy Moss Warner The Honorable Todd Weaver Ms. Linda F. Wells Ms. Julie A. Wert

Ms. Beverly S. Wilbur Ms. Chelsea Wilkerson Mr. Charles J. Williams Ms. Lyrae Williams Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wilson Mr. Arthur O. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Sandra Womble Buzz and Sue Woodwell* Mrs. Clinton R. Wyckoff, III Mr. Adam Yellen Ms. Vivian Young Ms. Marisol Zenteno INDIVIDUAL (Up to $99) Mr. Alexander Adams Mr. Robert Anderson Ms. Susan C. Anderson Mr. Dale Andree Mr. Doug Ardell Ms. Gwendolyn Azama-Edwards Mr. George F. Baker Ms. Susanne Barker Ms. Ann Bayley* Mr. Alan R. Behrens* Mr. Peter Belmont Ms. Terri Bergmann* Ms. Barbara Bisno Ms. Deborah Blanco Mr. Hank Bonner Mr. Michael Brezin Mr. & Ms. Harold and Sherry Brown Mr. Timothy Brown Mr. Douglas Bryant Mr. Philip M. Byrne Mrs. Mary J. Calese Mr. & Mrs. John and Judy Cawley Mr. Dennis Clark Mr. & Mrs. John R. Clark Ms. Kalynn Cook Mr. Lynch Cooper Dr. Paul J. Croce* Mr. Paco de la Fuente Ms. Emilyvette DeGaetano Ms. Suzanne Delehanty Ms. Nancy V. Deren Ms. Nikki Descoteaux Ms. Lisa Kane DeVitto Mr. Craig Diamond Ms. Mary Dickens Ms. Cindy Dwyer Ms. Desiree Estabrook Ms. Annette Evans* Mr. Paul Farren Mr. Sid Flannery Dr. Robert Friedman Ms. Patricia D. Gadbaw Ms. Donna G. Garcia* Mr. Max Garcia Ms. Janice Garry Mr. & Mrs. Thomas and Judith Gire

Mr. & Mrs. Marc and Gloria Gold Mr. & Mrs. Bill Goldberg* Mr. Marvin A. Goldenberg Ms. Joni Goodman Mr. Cameron Alan Gordon Ms. Rita A. Gribben Ms. Debbie Griffin Ms. Carol A. Hamilton Ms. Kathleen Handley Mr. Lawrence Hannah Mr. David A. Harbeitner Ms. Ann Hardy Ms. Mary Harrington Ms. Nancye Henkle-McPeek Ms. Melissa Hill Ms. Julie Hundersmarck Mr. David Jantz Mr. Michael Jones Ms. Jada Kearns Mr. Robert Keeley Mr. Peter Klappert Ms. Alex Larson Ms. Lassie C. Lee Ms. Mara Leventhal Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Linn Ms. Rhonda Lovett Ms. Joan Lumb Ms. Dolly MacIntyre Ms. Jan Mangos Ms. Lisa Martin Mr. & Mrs. Howard Mautner* Mr. Larry D. McCarroll* Mrs. Betsy McClain Mr. Dan McCormic Mr. William J. McElwain Ms. Susan McGarry Ms. Anne L. McKinnon Ms. Michelle Morrison Mr. Ken Mundy Dr. Robert S. Murrell* Mr. Tom Narut Ms. Barbara W. Newell* Mr. Jan Alan Norsoph Ms. Susan Omoto Mr. Arthur Ondich Ms. Barbara Overton Ms. Kathleen Welston Pagan Mr. Howard W. Pardue, Jr.* Ms. Michelle Park Ms. Mary Paulic Ms. Janis S. Perez Ms. Lourdes Ramirez Ms. Catherine Reischmann Ms. Lisa Roberts Ms. Marilyn Rodriguez Mr. & Mrs. Victor H. Romley Ms. Ellen Knox Roston Ms. Nana Royer Ms. Kristin Rubin Mr. John Rust Ms. Andrea Samuels

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* Member for 30 or more years

Mr. J. Bradford Sargent, III Mr. Robert E. Shelfer Ms. Elizabeth S. Skipp Mr. Ed Slavin Mr. Bruce Smathers Mr. & Mrs. James R. Spurgeon

Ms. Susan Steinhauser Mr. Bruce Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Melvin and Fiona Sunquist* Ms. Donna Cay Tharpe Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Thuemler Mr. Eric L. Titcomb*

Ms. Elaina Tucker Mr. Robert Usherson Mr. David Van Horn Mr. Christian Wagley Mr. Archie B. Wainright Ms. Laura M. Ward

Ms. Marlene Weiss Ms. Karen West Ms. Mara Whitridge Ms. Coralie C. Williams* Dr. James W. Williamson* Mr. Hal Wulff*

~ IN MEMORIAM ~ In Memory of Alan L. Bisno:

Ms. Barbara Bisno

In Memory of John M. DeGrove: Dr. Jim Nicholas

In Memory of Bob McInnis: Ms. Bonnie Hechtkopf

In Memory of Tom McPherson: Mrs. Janet McPherson

In Memory of Nathaniel P. Reed: Mr. Lester Abberger

Mr. Charles W. Causey Mrs. Patricia Graves Mr. John C. Jansing

Mr. Douglas M. Kinney

In Memory of Jerry Sokolow: Mr. Terrell K. Arline Ms. Sheryl Feiler

Mr. Scott Goldstein Mr. Elliott Harris Mr. Bruce Jordan

Mr. & Mrs. John and Suzanne Lubera Mr. James F. Murley

Ms. Ellen Rose Ms. Janice Rubino

Ms. Andrea Samuels Mr. Howard J. Vogel

Ms. Vivian Young

In Memory of Earl M. Starnes: Mr. Al Hadeed

Ms. Coralie C. Williams

Thank You to Our Current 2022 Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinar Sponsors

FRIEND Mr. Ronald L. Book, PA Mr. Andy DeGrove Ms. Kimberly A. DeGrove & Dr. Clyde Partin Dickman Law Firm Florida Power & Light Company William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation Kitson & Partners/Babcock Ranch Dr. Jim Nicholas

Robert Parks, P.L. The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. Robert M. Rhodes SPONSOR Mr. Thomas J. Baird Mr. William M. DeGrove DPZ CoDesign, LLC Ms. Susan Trevarthen ANNIVERSARY CLUB Mr. David M. Orshefsky

SUPPORTER Mr. Lester Abberger American Planning Association, Florida Chapter Debra & Robert Bergstrom Mr. David Flinchum ASLA, AICP Ms. Sara M. Fotopulos Ms. Melissa Norman Ms. Nancy Stroud Treasure Coast RPC

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foresight1000 Friends of Florida Post Office Box 5948 Tallahassee, FL 32314-5948

I often ponder the question: “What will Florida look like in 2030?”, less than 10 years from today. Our state’s natural assets are rich, but also fragile. My support for 1000 Friends and its leadership team is to help nurture that outcome.

Our state story has always been one of balance — between growth and development and less intensity. Our cascading red flags are impossible to ignore: coastal municipal flooding, Category Five storms, entire water bodies impacted by septic and agricultural runoff. As Robert Louis Stevenson said, “Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences”.

Recently 100 of our residents gathered for a 1000 Friends “friendraiser” to guide how more of us can impact decisions coming out of Tallahassee. An alarming example is the growing

impact of state preemption of local home rule which now captures decisions governing our local tree canopy, so much a part of our Winter Park brand. Shade is the key to walkability and the poetry to connectivity.

So my wish for Florida 2030 would be for three things:

• Remedies for Lake Okeechobee and Indian River Lagoon water quality degradation;

• Accelerated funding for Florida Forever as the voters intended;

• A state where solar investment underscores our name, the Sunshine State.

1000 Friends can be the decisive fulcrum which helps achieve these goals. I count my Friends membership as a “civic rent” investment to protect my home state. There is no other Florida.

To read Charley’s complete essay, visit 1000fof.org/about/donor-spotlight.

Charley Williams


MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Photo Courtesy of Charley William

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Charley Williams is a Winter Park resident and a past president of the League of Women Voters of Orange County. He organized an event in December for 1000 Friends President Paul Owens and Policy & Planning Director Jane West to discuss policy priorities with interested Winter Park citizens.

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