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Join 1000 Friends of Florida for FREE monthly webinars on planning, development and growth issues facing Florida.

1000 Friends routinely seeks professional certification credits for planners (AICP CM), Florida attorneys (CLE), DBPR Landscape Architects, Certified Floodplain Managers and Florida Environmental Health Professionals who attend the live webinars, but cannot guarantee that credits will be offered.

Certification Maintenance Logo AICP members can earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for many of 1000 Friends’ Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinars. When CM credits are available, they are noted at the end of an activity description. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm.

2024 – 2025 Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinars

2025 Florida Legislative Wrap Up

May 14, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:30 P.M. EST

As the 2025 Florida Legislative Session draws to a close on May 2, significant decisions made in Tallahassee will shape the future of Florida’s planning, conservation, transportation, and growth management policies. Join 1000 Friends of Florida President Paul Owens and Policy & Planning Director Kim Dinkins for a comprehensive review of the session’s outcomes. This webinar will preview the anticipated implications of passed and failed bills, analyze their potential impact on Florida’s environment and communities, and discuss what these developments mean for the state’s growth management and public policy landscape.

Visit our 2025 Legislative Webpage to see the list of bills we followed during the 2025 session.

This event has been approved for the following professional certification credits for those attending the live webinar:  American Institute of Certified Planners (1.5 AICP CM, 1 Law, # 9303973), and Florida Bar (1.5 General CLE #2500248N). 1000 Friends has applied for professional certification credits the following professions but cannot guarantee they will be approved: Certified Floodplain Managers), Florida DBPR Landscape Architects, and Florida Environmental Health Professionals.

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