The 5th annual Great Cities Symposium, hosted by Scenic Jacksonville, is rescheduled to Feb. 6 at the Garden Club of Jacksonville.
The event, planned Oct. 10, was canceled because of Hurricane Milton.
The speaker is Carol Coletta, president and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership since 2017, spearheaded Tom Lee Park, a 31-acre riverfront park that is a model for inclusive, environmentally restorative urban parks, according to a news release from Scenic Jacksonville.
Named one of the top 100 Most Influential Urbanists, past or present, by Planetizen in 2023, Coletta also led the Tennessee city’s Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation.
The evening is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail social hour. The program at 6:15 p.m. includes remarks from Coletta and a Q&A. Desserts and cocktails will be served after the program.
A limited number of tickets are still available at $120 per person at scenicjax.org.
The Garden Club of Jacksonville is at 1005 Riverside Ave.
Sponsors include Gateway Jax, Foley & Lardner LLP, the Brinton family, Barbara and William Harrell and Bert and Demetria Livingston.
The Great Cities Symposium is an annual civic leadership event hosted by Scenic Jacksonville. It launched in 2019 as part of the organization’s mission to inform, educate and facilitate community conversations about how Jacksonville can learn from peer cities and their challenges and successes.
It is the primary fundraiser for Scenic Jacksonville to further its advocacy work to promote the beautification of Jacksonville’s natural and built environment.