Vilano Beach

Vilano Beach (St. Johns County) - Designated: 1999

Vilano Beach in St. John's County is located about two miles from St. Augustine, along the Atlantic Ocean, in Northeast Florida. The area was platted and named Vilano Beach in the "Florida Land Boom" of the 1920s. Due to the Depression of the 1930s, virtually all the commercial and residential lots in this community remained vacant until after World War II. With the advent of touring motorists, small motels were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s along Vilano Road. Several of these motels are still in service today. The main goals of the community's visioning document, adopted by the St. Johns County Commission in the Spring of 1999, is to become a "sustainable" waterfront community providing for revitalization of the business district with a town center and the addition of services for the residential community.

Program Contacts

• Sallie O’Hara
  Vilano Beach Waterfronts
  P.O. Box 3411
  St. Augustine, FL  32085
  904-540-0402
• Vivian Browning, Chairman
  Vilano Beach Waterfronts
  P.O. Box 3411
  St. Augustine, Florida 32085
  (904) 501-5891
  viviancbrowning@bellsouth.net
• Sacha Martin, President
  North Shores Improvement Association
  Waterfronts Director and Secretary
  (904) 824-1212 or 521-5545
  sachamartin@msn.com

Community Websites

• St. Johns County - Vilano Beach Town Center
• Vilano Beach Community Redevelopment

Community Profile

• Excerpt from Community Case Studies Publication

Maps

• Waterfronts Florida Designated Area Map

Studies and Documents

• Waterfronts Florida Vision Plan