Local Prosperity
Championing Florida-owned enterprise, skilled work, and an economy that serves the people who live here.
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worth fighting for.
Florida First Organization is a civic group devoted to the people, places, and future of the Sunshine State. We publish essays, research Florida-centered policy, promote the state's culture, and share practical ideas with Floridians and public officials.
Discover our purposeMartin Johnson Heade, "On the San Sebastian River, Florida"
We believe a state is more than a line on a map.
It is a living inheritance, held in our springs and citrus groves, our working waterfronts and old neighborhoods, and in the character of the people who keep them alive.
Rooted here.
Built to endure.
We research, advocate, and organize for a Florida that places its own communities, culture, and future at the heart of public life.
Land & Water
Defending the wild beauty, working lands, coasts, springs, and waters that make Florida unlike anywhere else.
Learn moreFlorida Culture
Preserving our history and strengthening the civic bonds that turn neighbors into a people.
Learn moreFrom the
Florida Journal
Ideas for a freer, more beautiful, and more self-reliant Sunshine State.
Read all essaysBanking on Florida
Why the state's wealth should work for its people, small businesses, and future.
View essayThe Home Rule State
How home rule can support local prosperity and practical municipal policy.
View essayThe Need for Alternative Political Infrastructure
Why durable institutions matter to alternative populist and nationalist movements.
View essayStand with the
Sunshine State.
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