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Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon is principal, director of client marketing services with Placemakers, a planning, coding, marketing, and implementation firm.
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.
Gentrification examined from a wider time frame
Your view on the urban investment of today may depend on where you crop the storyline.