Amelia Island Plantation celebrating 50th anniversary in 2024
On a site once destined to be a strip mine, a visionary landscape architect and an innovative developer had a vision 50 years ago for a new kind of community. Ever since, Amelia Island Plantation has remained the standard for a community in harmony with nature.
AIPCA is planning a yearlong celebration in 2024 of all that is special about this place and the people — past and present — who have shaped its history. We are excited to celebrate our 50th anniversary and we’re planning a meaningful and lasting tribute to our community’s history as we look toward the future.
Get ready for a year filled with celebratory activities, events, and programs that will encompass the whole AIP community, including the Amelia Island Club, Omni Amelia Island Resort, Osprey Village, Amelia Plantation Chapel, and the Plantation Artists’ Guild & Gallery.
Visit the 50th Anniversary Gallery
Click to see photos from our anniversary events
AIP History Display
October 7-November 30
Amelia Island Museum of History, 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach
Our AIP 50th anniversary history display will — appropriately — travel to the Amelia Island Museum of History for the final stop in its tour around Amelia Island. Historic photos, documents, and newspaper clippings are combined with narrative text to chronicle the progress and setbacks our community has experienced over the last five decades.
This engaging visual chronicle of AIP’s past will be on display during regular museum hours, 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday and 1-4 pm Sunday. If you are not a museum member, entrance to the museum is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (65+) and active military, and $5 for children and students (with valid ID).
Commemorative books available for purchase at The Oaks
Buy The First Fifty Years: Reflections on Amelia Island Plantation and Under the Live Oaks: Celebrating Food, Family and Friends together for $50
Under the Live Oaks: Celebrating Food, Family and Friends
Under the Live Oaks: Celebrating Food, Family and Friends is our 50th anniversary cookbook. AIP neighbors have shared treasured recipes from AIP’s earliest days to new ones that are sure to become family favorites.
Cost at The Oaks is $20; payment by cash, credit card or check payable to AIPCA.
The First Fifty Years: Reflections on Amelia Island Plantation
This nostalgic coffee table book celebrates AIP’s incredible history. It traces the evolution of this iconic residential / resort community from its founding vision of living in harmony with nature through decades of dedicated advancement and perseverance by community owners and leaders.
Cost at The Oaks is $35 payable by cash, credit card, or check made payable to AIPCA.