I am pleased to have joined 1000 Friends of Florida atthe end of a great year capped off by an amazing 75 percent of Florida voters approving Amendment 1,Florida’s Water and Land Conservation Amendment.1000 Friends is proud to be a founding member of theAmendment 1 Coalition.

In the 2014 legislative session, 1000 Friendssuccessfully advocated for increased funding forEverglades restoration, springs protection andaffordable housing, and helped stop damaging bills toundermine community planning and weakenenvironmental regulations. Post session, we helpedconvince the Florida Department of EnvironmentalProtection to scrap an ill-conceived plan to sell offstate-owned conservation lands.

1000 Friends continued playing a major role inregional planning, leading efforts to stop HendryCounty’s controversial Sugar Hill Sector Plan whichcould have had devastating effects on the Everglades.We partnered with local organizations to supportpositive planning and conservation amendments toMartin County’s Comprehensive Plan.

Continuing our long traditionof legal advocacy, 1000Friends filed a circuit courtchallenge to halt theinappropriate Minto Westdevelopment proposed forrural Palm Beach County.

Our popular Dr. John M.DeGrove Community StewardWebinar Series reached closeto 900 Floridians on essential issues including sealevel rise, complete streets and ethics.

Thank you to our outstanding Friends who allowed usto work for a better Florida in 2014. With yourcontinued support, 1000 Friends will remain on thefront lines, fighting to maintain the high quality of lifeand unique special places that make our state great.

Ryan SmartPresident

Quincy artist Dawn McMillan has been creating the beautiful watercolor paintings as shown in this report on behalf of 1000 Friends since 1987.

Cover ImageCharles G. Pattison,FAICP – With sincereappreciation for hisleadership, dedication andcommitment to 1000Friends of Florida and allFloridians.

Image to LeftJoanne Davis – Withsincere appreciation for heroutstanding work on behalfof 1000 Friends of Floridaand all Floridians.

• Retained conservation advocate Ryan Smart to serveas 1000 Friends of Florida’s new President.

• A founding supporter and ongoing advocate for theFlorida Water and Land Legacy, Amendment 1, whichpassed in November of 2014 with support from anoverwhelming 75 percent of Florida voters,incorporating into the state Constitution dedicatedfunding for the purchase of conservation lands.

• Honored Lee Constantine, a current Seminole CountyCommissioner and former Florida State Representativeand Senator, with 1000 Friends of Florida’s BillSadowski Award, its highest honor, for his “leadership,vision and on-going commitment to conservation andwater resource protection in Florida.”

• Successfully helped advocate before the 2014 FloridaLegislature for $259.6 million for Everglades and relatedrestoration projects, $30 million for springs projects, andmore.

• Also during the 2014 legislative session, successfullyled efforts to halt harmful planning and environmental

bills that would have damaged springs and wetlandsand undermined local government planning authority.

• Provided extensive data instrumental in convincing theFlorida Department of Environmental Protection toscrap its controversial plan to sell $50 million of state-owned conservation lands.

• Actively participated in numerous statewide andregional conservation coalitions including the FloridaForever Coalition, Amendment 1 Coalition, FloridaCoastal and Ocean Coalition, Clean Water Action, andothers.

• Continued advocating for springs protection, workingwith the Florida Conservation Coalition and to developworkable springs protection planning strategies.

• Partnering with the Wakulla Springs Alliance, Friends ofWakulla Springs and others, successfully defeated aproposal by Tallahassee Community College to leaseapproximately 2000 acres within Wakulla Springs StatePark for an educational complex including a 60-site RVand tent campground on the shores of the fragileCherokee Sink.

• Serving as an appointee of Governor Rick Scott on theEast Central Florida Corridor Task Force, Policy DirectorCharles Pattison successfully advocated for inclusion ofsound conservation and planning principles into thegroup’s December final report.

• Policy Director Charles Pattison was honored with hisappointment to the Board of Advisors of the NationalInstitute for Transportation and Communities.

• Continued the highly popular monthly Dr. John M.DeGrove Community Steward Webinar series, reachingclose to 900 participants on critical issues facing Floridaincluding state and local resources for addressingimpacts of sea level rise, promoting comprehensivetransportation planning through complete streets,expanding Florida’s greenways network, planningethics, the 2014 Florida legislative session, and more.

• Assisted citizens defending their comprehensive plansand protecting critical natural resources across the

state, including in Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry,Lake, Madison, Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Volusiaand Wakulla Counties among others.

• Conducted surveys on key planning issues including thecitizen planning bill of rights and Developments ofRegional Impact (DRI), using the DRI survey results todevelop 1000 Friends’ position statement to guide ourwork with the Legislature.

• Led and facilitated the Sadowski Coalition, successfullyadvocating for $167.7 million for state and localaffordable housing funds.

• As founding partner of the Florida Community LandTrust Institute, assisted local governments throughoutthe state with land trust and lending issues.

• Assisted the Town of Jupiter with draftingcomprehensive plan amendments and landdevelopment regulations to create an inclusionaryhousing program.

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• Co-chaired the Everglades Coalition’s GrowthManagement Committee.

• Helped identify a series of concerns about thecontroversial Sugar Hill Sector Plan proposed forrural Hendry County, resulting in the FloridaDepartment of Economic Opportunity citing anunprecedented 34 planning objections due to impactson the Everglades, related water issues, andconsistency with state law.

• Retained attorney Robert Hartsell, P.A., to representcitizens’ interests in Palm Beach County in the face ofproposals for significant inappropriate developmentand infrastructure in the county’s rural western lands.

• In partnership with ALERTS of Palm Beach County,filed a legal challenge in circuit court over Minto Westwhich, in conflict with the county’s comprehensiveplan and Rural Tier policies, would bring more than4500 new homes and roughly 2.2 million square feetof non-residential development to rural western lands.

• Advocated to protect Palm Beach County’s AgReserve from inappropriate development, andweighed in on major development projects on rural

western lands, including Avenir.

• Worked with the Guardians of Martin County and theMartin County Conservation Alliance to support aseries of positive planning and conservationamendments to improve the comprehensive plan.

• On behalf of Martin County, Policy Director CharlesPattison served as an expert witness regarding anadministrative challenge filed by developmentinterests to overturn positive conservation andplanning amendments to the comprehensive plan.

• Supported additional positive Martin Countycomprehensive plan amendments, also beingchallenged by local development interests, to tightenup wastewater standards in order to better protect theSt. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon.

• In response to All Aboard Florida’s draftEnvironmental Impact Statement, raised concernsabout significant impacts on the marine industry,emergency vehicle operators, wildlife, CommunityRedevelopment Areas including minority populations,and property values.

Photo to LeftLee Constantine,2014 Bill SadowskiAward – for hisleadership, visionand on-goingcommitment toconservation andwater resourceprotection in Florida.

Photo courtesy ofJohn Moran

Membership

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48%4%

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82%

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REVENUE $456,515

Donations of $1,000 and greater for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

EXPENSES $500,198

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FOUNDATION GIFTS

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Clark Family Foundation, Inc.

CMB Foundation

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga

Cox Foundation, Inc.

Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation

Edward C. Shotwell IIICharitable Annuity Trust

Fore River Foundation

Frederic Hamilton Family Foundation

James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation

Jamie Nicholls & Fran Biondi Charitable Trust

Marmot Foundation

McKelvy Family Foundation, Inc.

Nola Maddox Falcone Charitable Foundation

Osborne-White Foundation

Patricia & J. Harvey Graves Family Foundation

S&G Foundation

Scott Family Foundation

The Charles & Marabeth Causey Foundation

The Crisp Family Foundation

The Gorter Family Foundation

The Henry Foundation, Inc.

The Lemon Foundation

The Perkins Charitable Foundation

The Warner Foundation

Tully Foundation

William & Martha Ford Fund

William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation

MAJOR INDIVIDUALDONORS

FLORIDA PATRON $25,000 and above

Mrs. Cornelia T. Bailey

FLORIDA STEWARD$10,000 and above

Mr. Timothy Jackson

Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel P. Reed

Mr. Jess R. Santamaria

Ms. Victoria J. Tschinkel

FLORIDA GUARDIAN$5,000 and above

Mr. William L. Davenport & Mr. Bruce Wiltsie

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Flinn, Jr.

Mr. John W. Madigan

Mr. & Mrs. Clement McGillicuddy

PRESIDENT’S CLUB$2,000 and above

Mr. Philip D. Allen

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Bangert

Mr. F. Gregory Barnhart

The Guardians of Martin County, Inc.

Mrs. Francis W. Hatch, Jr.

Mr. William C. Jonson

Ms. Gail Knisely

Mrs. Mary Ann Lamont

Mrs. Lewis N. Madeira

Mrs. William L. Matheson

Mr. Peter S. Pauley

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Payson

Mr. Nathaniel G. Raley

Mr. Phillip B. Rooney

Mr. Peter Rummell

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr.

Mr. David Testa

Mrs. Charlotte C. Weber

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Ms. Judith Buechner

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Mr. John V. Crowe

Mr. Theodore N. Danforth

Mrs. Douglas Dillon

Mr. Nelson Doubleday

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Ms. Ann M. Geupel

Mr. Edward T. Goodman

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Miss Alita D. Reed

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Dr. Earl M. Starnes

Mrs. Russell E. Train

Mr. Terry Turner

Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Wilmerding, Jr.

2014 DR. JOHN M.DEGROVE WEBINARSPONSORS

American PlanningAssociation, Florida Chapter

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Dr. William Partin and Kimberly DeGrove

Dover Kohl & Partners

Kitson Evergreen, LLC

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

Tallahassee State Bank

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1000 Friends of FloridaPost Office Box 5948Tallahassee, FL 32314-59481000friendsofflorida.org

Dan Pennington – With sincere appreciation for his outstanding work on behalf of 1000 Friendsof Florida and all Floridians.

BOARD OFFICERSTimothy Jackson, Chair

LongwoodVictoria Tschinkel, Vice Chair

TallahasseeF. Gregory Barnhart, Secretary

West Palm BeachTerry Turner, Treasurer

Sarasota

BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUSNathaniel P. Reed, Chairman Emeritus

Hobe SoundLester Abberger, TallahasseeRobert S. Davis, SeasideEarl Starnes, Cedar KeyC. Allen Watts, DeLand

BOARD MEMBERSJames C. Nicholas, GainesvilleRoy Rogers, Lighthouse PointMark Watts, DeLand

STAFF AND CONSULTANTSRyan Smart, PresidentRobert N. Hartsell, P.A., Legal CounselKathleen Morris, Executive AssistantCharles Pattison, FAICP, Policy DirectorJaimie Ross, Affordable Housing DirectorVivian Young, AICP, Communications Director

2014 BOARD OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF