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What Protect Rural Florida Does
What Protect Rural Florida Does
Protect Rural Florida works at the intersection of community concerns, local history, research and preservation.
Protect Rural Florida works at the intersection of community concerns, local history, research and preservation.
Some projects begin with a question. Others start with a forgotten place, a public record, a community concern or a story that deserves more attention. The work may look different from one project to the next, but the goal is the same: make useful information easier to find, preserve what matters and help rural Floridians better understand the places they call home.
Some projects begin with a question. Others start with a forgotten place, a public record, a community concern or a story that deserves more attention. The work may look different from one project to the next, but the goal is the same: make useful information easier to find, preserve what matters and help rural Floridians better understand the places they call home.
Featured Work
Featured Work
Union County Law Enforcement Memorial Tree
Union County Law Enforcement Memorial Tree
A community memorial created to honor Deputy Renee Danell Azure, Deputy Hal Pearce Croft and Special Deputy Ronald McPhail Jackson. The project brought together local government, families and community members to create something permanent in their memory.
County Memory Project
County Memory Project
A rotating county-by-county history project built around community memories, photographs, old maps, aerials and local research. Each featured county gets its own collection period, research deep dive and permanent place on the PRF website.
Forgotten Places & Local History
Forgotten Places & Local History
PRF researches cemeteries, former communities, historic sites, old roads, schools, churches and other places that risk disappearing from public memory.
Current Work
Current Work
Community Concerns
Community Concerns
Looking into development, land use, environmental issues and other concerns that may affect rural communities.
Research & Records
Research & Records
Digging through public records, historic maps, aerial photographs, property records and other sources to help make information easier to understand.
History in Progress
History in Progress
Documenting local stories, forgotten places and community history while the people who remember them are still here to tell us what happened.
What This Work Has Lead To
What This Work Has Lead To
Preservation That Lasts
Preservation That Lasts
Projects like the Union County Law Enforcement Memorial Tree create something permanent that families and communities can continue to visit, remember and build on.
Information People Can Actually Use
Information People Can Actually Use
Research into public records, aerials, maps, local history and community concerns helps turn scattered information into something ordinary people can understand.
More People Paying Attention
More People Paying Attention
PRF has helped bring overlooked stories, places and local concerns in front of a much larger rural Florida audience, creating conversations that may not have happened otherwise.
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