Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon is principal, director of client marketing services with Placemakers, a planning, coding, marketing, and implementation firm.
Building support for walking and bicycling infrastructure
Set expectations you know you can meet or exceed with each step. For a bike lane, benefits like safety, increased fairness, and recreation and lifestyle are realistic.
Placemaking is more than a niche market
Placemaking is not a design endeavor. Or a business proposition. Or a public health pursuit. Or an equity concern. Or an avenue for culture and the arts. It’s all of these things.
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.