§  Billboard Ordinance (1996). Played a critical role in developing and passing the city’s first sign ordinance that banned new billboards and denied their relocation. Later prohibited converting existing billboards into electronic signs. 

§  Landscape Ordinance (1997). Led the push to establish Fort Worth’s first landscape ordinance for new and expanded commercial development.

§  Camp Bowie Median Tree Project (1997). Collaborated with city government and local partners to plant trees and install new irrigation in the historic Camp Bowie Boulevard median.

§  Strengthened Design Standards Ordinances (1997). Advocated for enhanced land use and design requirements and supported many new policies adopted by City Council during the late 1990s and early 2000s regarding parking, transparency, building height, etc.

§  Texas State Legislature (1997-present) Scenic Fort Worth has joined with Scenic Texas during state legislative sessions to advocate with Texas Department of Transportation and state lawmakers. Information is shared with city staff and our community contact groups. Positive legislation such as the Green Ribbon Act, designation of State Scenic Byways and a ban on bandit signs have been passed by the Texas Legislature and numerous destructive bills have been thwarted.

§  Fort Worth Central Station (2000-2003) Played a key role in the design and location of this important multimodal downtown transportation hub. 

§  Lancaster Avenue Streetscape (2001) Contributed to the redesign of this historic downtown corridor—narrowing the road, protecting municipal buildings and adding public art.

§  Chisholm Trail Parkway (2001-2009) During these years, we built opposition to the proposed design of this road, urging context sensitive design and protection for Fort Worth neighborhoods. At our urging, City Council hired outside experts for advice.   

§  Design and Urban Development Conference (2003) Initiated an all-day public conference with keynote speaker Dr. Alex Krieger, Harvard University’s Dean of the Urban Design Department, presenting best practices for urban growth.

§  Sustainability Conference (2003) Facilitated a second conference with Dr. Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, addressing best practices for city sustainability.

§  Cellphone Towers (2003) Strengthened the local ordinance by adding location and design restrictions. 

§  Sanguinet Park Playground (2004-2005) Partnering with a community group, Scenic Fort Worth helped raise funding to develop a public children’s playground.

§  Urban Forestry Ordinance (2005) Worked on city council committee to create the first Fort Worth ordinance requiring tree planting and preservation for all new and expanded development. 

§ On Premise Sign Ordinance (2005) Strengthened the local ordinance to limit signs to monument style signs and ban digital copy without special exceptions. New pole signs are prohibited.

§ Design for Density Conference (2007) Led another citywide conference that featured John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver and later Colorado governor and U.S. senator, addressing urban design and preservation.

§  Rolling Hills Tree Farm (2008) Advocated for restoring funding for the municipal tree farm to the city budget.

§ Rail and Economic Development Conference (2009) Keynote speaker was Patrick McCrory, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina and later governor, who successfully implemented intracity rail transit and state commuter rail systems.

§  Chisholm Trail Parkway (2010-2014) Supported the new highway design that featured a lower profile, slower speed, landscaping and public art installation required within city limits. As members of the Fort Worth City Council Advisory Committee, Scenic Texas and Scenic Fort Worth members oversaw the project until highway completion. 

§  Scenic City Award (2011-2025) Recognized by Scenic Texas, the City of Fort Worth was ranked as a GOLD level Scenic City in 2011 and each year that followed.

§  I-35 expansion (2013) Worked with city staff to prevent the relocation of more than twenty billboards that were removed during I-35 highway construction.

§  Enforcement of Sign Ordinances (2019) Successfully opposed a new sign ordinance allowing Special Sign Districts exempt from all other city sign ordinances. The proposal ringed the Fort Worth Cultural District with ten changeable copy electronic signs including one billboard. City Council denied this proposal, preserving the integrity of the city’s sign ordinances. 

§  Gateway Park (2020) Helped protect the park and neighborhoods from development on adjacent land that would have limited parkland use and created heavy traffic, noise and air pollution throughout the East Fort Worth community. 


§  Trinity Park (2022) Monitored the city’s utility work through Trinity Park to protect trees from damage.

§  Redesign of South University Drive (2024) Made recommendations to preserve trees and create a safe pedestrian experience.

§  Urban Forest Ordinance Revision (2025) Successfully worked to strengthen this ordinance and obtained city council approval.