{"id":33450,"date":"2023-11-30T18:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T18:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/?p=33450"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T18:25:53","slug":"the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth installment of Ed McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;Secrets of Successful Communities&#8221; series considers the important role that community aesthetics play in development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth installment of Ed McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;Secrets of Successful Communities&#8221; series considers the important role that community aesthetics play in development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":33452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-news.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,69,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-design","category-placemaking-community-planning","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The sixth installment of Ed McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;Secrets of Successful Communities&#8221; series considers the important role that community aesthetics play in development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scenic America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Max Duchaine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Max Duchaine\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Max Duchaine\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/208a3d11511b30a3a4aa023df791ef0f\"},\"headline\":\"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":33,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Good Design\",\"Placemaking &amp; Community Planning\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/30\\\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":525},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scenic America\",\"description\":\"Scenic America is the only national nonprofit that helps citizens safeguard the scenic qualities of America\u2019s roadways, countryside, towns, and cities.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Scenic America\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg\",\"width\":672,\"height\":262,\"caption\":\"Scenic America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ScenicAmerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ScenicAmerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/scenicamericaofficial\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC9V_nJuboM2Rkgt6VAIqAJQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/scenicamerica\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/208a3d11511b30a3a4aa023df791ef0f\",\"name\":\"Max Duchaine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Max Duchaine\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/author\\\/mduchaine\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America","og_description":"The sixth installment of Ed McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;Secrets of Successful Communities&#8221; series considers the important role that community aesthetics play in development.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/","og_site_name":"Scenic America","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica","article_published_time":"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":525,"url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Max Duchaine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ScenicAmerica","twitter_site":"@ScenicAmerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Max Duchaine"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/"},"author":{"name":"Max Duchaine","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/person\/208a3d11511b30a3a4aa023df791ef0f"},"headline":"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics","datePublished":"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/"},"wordCount":33,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg","articleSection":["Good Design","Placemaking &amp; Community Planning"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/","name":"The Secrets of Successful Communities \u2013 Part 6: Pay Attention to Community Aesthetics | Scenic America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-11-30T18:25:53+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2023\/11\/30\/the-secrets-of-successful-communities-part-6-pay-attention-to-community-aesthetics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anyplace_USA_signs.jpeg","width":700,"height":525},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/","name":"Scenic America","description":"Scenic America is the only national nonprofit that helps citizens safeguard the scenic qualities of America\u2019s roadways, countryside, towns, and cities.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization","name":"Scenic America","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg","width":672,"height":262,"caption":"Scenic America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica","https:\/\/x.com\/ScenicAmerica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scenicamericaofficial\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9V_nJuboM2Rkgt6VAIqAJQ","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/scenicamerica\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/person\/208a3d11511b30a3a4aa023df791ef0f","name":"Max Duchaine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c37879fad4e3f00a956c903c13a7071a85d5756045ee465e33432b7fb71a6116?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Max Duchaine"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/author\/mduchaine\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33453,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions\/33453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}