A MESSAGE FROM COMMISSIONER JOSEPH A. SCUOTTO
SCAN FOR BIO
Sunrise City Commission, Seat B | jscuotto@sunrisefl.gov
46 years as a Sunrise resident!
My family moved here from Brooklyn when I was 12 years old when Sunrise was a small town with just 25,000 residents. As the youngest of five brothers and two sisters, I grew up playing baseball and riding dirt bikes on trails that later became Sawgrass Mills mall and the Amerant Bank Arena. I attended Sunrise’s own Bair Middle School and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School, which gave me a strong foundation. Sunrise is where I met the love of my life, Allison, at Nob Hill Hall, and we have two beautiful daughters, Kaitlyn and Alyse. I’m so grateful to our outstanding employees who maintain our incredible 250 acres of parks, green space, and facilities, including incredible splash pads, pools, Safety Town, Pawgrass Dog Park, covered basketball courts, indoor gymnasiums, the fitness center, sports fields, The Bridges at Springtree Golf Club, Sunrise Tennis Club, Village Art Plaza, Veterans Park, and new upcoming planned pickleball courts. In 1985, I became a Sunrise business owner, founding a ceramics company, Michael Anthony’s Designs. I founded Scuotto’s Pizza in 1997. I also had the honor to serve as a board member of the Greater Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. Over the years, I have worked with great Managers, employees, and colleagues to give our residents the best quality of life. As a City Commissioner since 1997, I enjoyed the Sunrise Musical Theatre and Sunrise Ice Skating Rink; I was part of the building of the Florida Panthers Arena (home of the Stanley Cup Champions), the American Express Headquarters,
and the Oasis and Colonade expansion of Sawgrass Mills mall, including the new AC Marriott Hotel. The Commission also developed Florida’s fourth-largest corporate office park and a variety of diverse housing options to support the workforce, including 950 new single-family and townhouses on the old Sunrise Country Club site. I’ve always been here for the community. I was inspired to support the Neighborhood Participation Program, which helps bring sidewalks, landscaping, streetscapes, and monument signage, and soon, you will get to name your neighborhood along Sunset Strip. I proposed the AIM (Accessibility, Inclusion, and Mobility) Board, which has been ensuring support and access for adults and children of all ages and disabilities. My involvement includes annual fundraisers, golf tournaments, 5K runs, and sponsorships, providing more than 50 $1,000 college scholarships to Piper High School students throughout the years. Our family has also made a difference with Wish Trips, the annual Kaitlyn’s Gift toy drive, the Sunrise Italian-American Civic Association, the Scuotto/Marziliano Family Foundation, support to the Dan Marino Foundation, the Anthony Rizzo Foundation, Gilda’s Club, Special Olympics, Knights of Columbus, Relay for Life, American Cancer Society, Piper JROTC, American Legion, and the Paralyzed Veterans of Florida. This is my City, I’m part of it, and I’m proud of it!
Joseph A. Scuotto, Commissioner
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