
Scott Polikov, FAICP, CNU
Land Use and Transportation Expert
Scott is amazingly accomplished!
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$12-billion developed in wake of his small area plans
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McKinney, Texas, "#1 Best Place to Live" - he planned!
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Former Director, Texas Alternative Fuels Program
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Many more... read on!
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Masters, Community Planning, UT-Austin
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Doctor of Law (JD), UT-School of Law
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BBA Finance, UT-Austin
Specialties of Excellence

Scott started as a DC attorney. He switched gears and later served on the National Board for the Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) for many years.
He led Gateway Planning in Dallas prior to merging with Urban Innovators, where his downtown and small area renovation plans became legendary for the scale of walkable economic development that came in shortly after his plans were implemented by the cities. Here are some articles that feature Scott as a Real Estate leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
How DFW is a Leader in Real Estate Innovation
DFW designers are leading a tsunami of change.

Achievements

As an Urban Planner
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Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP)
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National Board of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
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$12+ billion of mixed-use development on-the-ground in wake of his plans
As an Attorney
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Briefing Attorney, Justice Jimmy Carroll – Texas 3rd Court of Appeals; thereafter joining Patton Boggs in Wash., D.C. as corporate, litigation, energy and Cherokee Nation lawyer
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Free Speech Victory in Hoover v. Morales, 164 F.3d 221 (5th Cir. 1998), permanently enjoining the ‘Expert Witness Rider’ of the Texas General Appropriations Act and vestige Vietnam War Era state university policies barring public university faculty from ‘acting adverse to the interests of the state’ in outside corporate and other consulting, leading the case for attorney Jim George and the Texas Faculty Association
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Defense Team for Branch Davidians: Woodrow Kendrick found not guilty on all charges related to the ATF’s Raid of the Mount Carmel Center in Waco
Project Examples

Education and History

EDUCATION:
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Masters, Community Planning, UT-Austin
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Doctor of Law (JD), UT-School of Law
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BBA Finance, UT-Austin