Resources in the Cloud

UPDATE: This week Scenic Alabama made a presentation on billboard legislation and policy at the Regional Sign Conference in Fairhope, hosted by the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission. A link to the Power Point presentation is below.  Because we are a shoestring nonprofit, we decided against printed handouts and instead are putting them "in the cloud." Click on the links below for publications and news articles of interest, as well as a list of helpful resources and links.

Sign Workshop Presentation, including local control issues.
Billboard issues: Local Control, Digital Signs and Trees. Power Point presentation.

Beyond Aesthetics: How billboards affect economic prosperity

Billboard Corporations use money and influence to override your vote

Chronicle of the Billboard Wars: Interview with the filmmaker

Unsafe and unsightly at any speed: Billboards in the digital age (Scenic America)

(also available at www.scenic.org)

The City, covered with logos (Atlantic magazine)

Tree-poisoning case re-ignites billboard industry scandal (Forbes magazine)

Resources and links. This is a PDF document with hyperlinks to news articles and more.

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