This page remains on our site as a tribute to our colleague Scott Harrington, AICP, who was a Principal Planner and project manager at Vandewalle & Associates. Scott was an invaluable part of the V&A team, contributing special expertise in the creation and implementation of urban redevelopment initiatives. Sadly, he passed away in February, 2025.
Scott was well-versed in the complex processes of management, community participation, financing and negotiations required to craft and implement long-range planning and large-scale revitalization efforts. His ease among elected bodies, plan commissions, and government finance was second to none.
In years before joining Vandewalle & Associates, Scott worked alongside the firm serving as Assistant City Administrator/Director of Planning and Development for the City of Moline, Illinois. There he spearheaded the City’s downtown revitalization efforts—most notably, a successful $40M public/private mixed-use redevelopment project on the Mississippi River. He has also worked as a public sector planner/manager in the communities of Grand Junction, Colorado and Gulf Stream, Florida. He served as a private sector planner in Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm Beach, Florida, as well as Charlotte, North Carolina.
With his Gulf Stream Design Manual, he received an Award of Merit from the American Society of Landscape Architects for his work in Urban Planning and Design. Scott became a noted member, presenter and speaker for several key national organizations.
EDUCATION
M.S. Urban Planning
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.S. Natural Resources
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, MEMBERSHIPS
Member, American Institute of Certified Planners
Former Member, Technical Advisory Committee to Legislature on Intergovernmental Coordination, Florida Department of Community Affairs
Former Board Member, Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association
Presenter, “Preserving Neighborhood Character” American Planning Association National Conference (1996 and 2002)
Co-author, “Innovative Water Conservation Ratemaking,” Florida Water Resources Journal (August 1995)