Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon is principal, director of client marketing services with Placemakers, a planning, coding, marketing, and implementation firm.
Ignorance was bliss: How my urban learnin’ almost ruined everyday places
Did the places I once enjoyed change? No, just me. Because I foolishly learned, from a design perspective, how bad they actually were.
Grassroots public art connects people, past and present
Today, many hundreds of the city’s horse rings are adorned with small horses and the like, placed by countless, random individuals playing their own small role in something larger than themselves.
Guiding neighborhood change with place attachment
Focusing on what connects people to community is one way to navigate the treacherous waters between gentrification and disinvestment.