Scenic Utah

Minnesota is considering a bill to impose a moratorium on new billboards to preserve its natural beauty and boost tourism. In contrast, Utah supports billboard-friendly laws, despite having many billboards that violate federal regulations and a 1968 agreement on outdoor advertising. Scenic Utah is currently opposing H.B. 198, a new bill that would limit local control over billboard regulations and ignore federal compliance. Visit our Advocacy page for more information https://lnkd.in/gm-7yvE6

We are excited to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2024 ‘City to Summit’ Photo Contest. This event has only been held once before, and we have been amazed by how the photographers have captured the beauty of Utah. Scenic Utah’s 2024 Photo Contest honors eight winning photographs and highlights twelve honorable mentions. You can view all winning photographs and honorable mentions on our website.https://https://lnkd.in/dUFQ_et9 #utah #scenicviews #ruralutah

Another humongous, view-blocking billboard just went up in scenic Cottonwood Heights, where no one wants it—except the company that erected it. We’re engaging with residents and city officials to help take it down, but that’s a tall order. Unlike any other state, Utah law allows billboard owners to ignore local ordinances and move and “upgrade” their signs wherever they want, for any reason. Help us change bad billboard laws: Contact your state reps (link below) and tell them to stop allowing billboards to pollute our cities. https://lnkd.in/gHaypNN #utah #scenicutah #visualpollution #seeutahnotbillboards #cottonwoodheights

Public voting is now open for the Fan Favorite of the 2024 Scenic Utah Photo Contest! Check out all the amazing entries and select the photo/s that speak/s the most to you. Your vote will determine the fan favorite, while our judges will choose the category winners. https://lnkd.in/gxe65-jq Browse and pick your preferred photo/s. You can cast one vote per day until public voting closes on October 27. Photo: 2022 Winner of Audience Favorite - Photographed by Shauna Hart #utah?#streetphotography?#urbanphotography?#scenicviews?#urbanart?#natureinthecity?#greenspacesinurbanplaces?#greenspaces?#architecturephotography?#streetphotography?#urbanphotography?#scenicviews?#streetscapes #nightphotography?#utah?#astrophotography?#scenicviews

Our sister organization, Scenic Nevada, is urging Reno residents to get involved with City Hall.?@cityofreno is considering allowing all businesses in the downtown entertainment district to have nearly unlimited signage, including giant digital signs, normally only allowed for casinos. This could lead to 100-foot-tall signs with no limits on number, size, or types of lighting. Link to the full letter and petition?https://bit.ly/4gPsCHX #ScenicNevada?#ScenicAmerica?#billboards #giantdigitalsigns??#Reno?#RenoNV??#RenoNevada??#CityofReno??#BiggestLittleCity??#Nevada??#RNO??#NV

? TICK TOCK 13 days left until the 2024 Photo Contest closes. Open to all photographers, the photo contest has six categories. One is Night Skies—Astrophotography of all types. Long exposures or quick shots of Utah’s scenic night sky, featuring urban or unfettered silhouettes, or any-thing in between. Submission link https://lnkd.in/gxe65-jq Photo: Dave Koch, Winner of Scenic Night Skies Category, 2022 Photo Contest #nightphotography?#utah?#astrophotography?#scenicviews

2024 Photo Contest Contestants can submit up to five photographs in any of this year’s six categories: Scenic Night Skies, Scenic Streetscapes, Billboard Blunders, Rural Utah, Scenic Byways & Backways, and Nature in the City. A ‘Fan Favorite’ winner will also be decided by public vote and announced alongside the six category winners. Fan-favorite voting runs for 10 days, from October 16 to 26. Photo: Taylor Hatchell, Honorable Mention, 2022 Photo Contest SUBMIT PHOTOS: https://lnkd.in/gxe65-jq

LIVE: 2024 Photo Contest The 2024 Photo Contest is?open to photographers of all skill levels and backgrounds?who share our commitment to preserving, protecting and enhancing Utah’s scenic resources. The contest runs from?Sept. 3rd through Oct. 15th. Winners will be announced Nov. 1st. SUBMIT PHOTOS: https://lnkd.in/gxe65-jq https://conta.cc/4g51xA2

Most cities and towns in Utah have not updated their sign and billboard ordinances to reflect the growing impacts of digital signage. Our aim is to provide information and tools for amending or rewriting these ordinances, and to address challenges that cities face in regulating electronic signs.? Many municipalities mistakenly believe that state laws prevent them from regulating signs and billboards.?In reality, local governments DO have authority to adopt regulations that are more stringent than state laws. This updated 3rd edition of the Primer describes municipalities' rights to regulate signs and billboards and provides guidance for developing coherent ordinances for?digital outdoor advertising. View also our Converting Digital to Static Memo? https://lnkd.in/gMB3gQTU #ScenicUtah #SeeUtahNotBillboards

Stop by and say hi to the Scenic Utah crew staffing the @slcfarmersmarket booth this Saturday, August 17. It’s at Pioneer Park from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Hope to see you there!