Sarah Scott

Department: Land Use
Email: [email protected]

Biography:

Sarah Scott joined MAPC in 2022 as a Regional Land Use Planner. As part of the Land Use team, she works with cities and towns to study historical development patterns, develop policy recommendations, and revise zoning ordinances.

Before joining MAPC, Sarah was an Associate Zoning Planner for the City of Cambridge, MA. In her time with Cambridge, she developed zoning standards to align with the City’s climate resilience planning, staffed zoning advisory committees for Harvard and Central Square, reviewed major development projects, provided expertise to the Cambridge City Council and the Cambridge Planning Board, and spearheaded several initiatives to encourage greater public understanding of and engagement with the development process. Sarah has also worked with the National Park Service, the State of New Jersey, and the metro Philadelphia regional planning agency. In addition, she has served as an appointed member of the Frenchtown, NJ Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment, and has volunteered with HistoriCorps to restore historic structures on public lands. She is currently an Alternate Member of the Watertown Planning Board.

Sarah is a graduate of Vassar College, where she majored in American Studies and French and Francophone Studies. She has an MCP with a focus on land use and environmental planning and an MSHP with a focus on preservation policy, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.

Areas of expertise: municipal zoning, historic preservation, land use policy analysis, sustainable development, equitable community engagement