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Helping civic leaders plan, build, and promote vibrant Main Streets, destination-quality parks, trails & recreation areas.

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  • Plan
  • Build
  • Promote
  • Engineering
  • Park Planning & Design
  • Tourism Planning
  • Wayfinding & Signage
  • Community Branding
  • Greenways & Trails
  • Destination Marketing
  • Downtown Revitalization
  • Recreation Master Planning
  • Land Use Planning

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Park Planning & Design

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Tourism Planning

Our multidisciplinary team works with communities to elevate their tourism profile and grow their visitor economy.  By promoting existing assets, or planning, funding and developing new tourism anchor products, we help lesser-known places transition into next-level destinations.

  • Place Making
  • Community Research & Engagement
  • Wayfinding Design & Implementation
  • Regional & Comprehensive Planning
  • Tourism Infrastructure Planning
  • Economic Impact Analysis
  • Land Acquisition
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Wayfinding & Signage

Our wayfinding sign systems are thoughtfully designed to showcase your community’s unique identity while enhancing navigation, safety and accessibility. With strategic planning and purposeful design, we create solutions that help residents and visitors feel connected and confident as they explore.

  • Construction Oversight
  • Directional Signage Planning
  • Engineering & Construction Documents
  • Gateway & Monument Signage
  • Logo & Visual Identity Design
  • Park & Trail Signage
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Community Branding

Community branding is about more than visuals—it’s aligning identity with purpose to drive growth. At Destination by Design, we partner with leaders to craft strategies that foster pride, attract tourism, and support economic development through design, engagement, and storytelling.

  • Brand Strategy
  • Community Research & Engagement
  • Graphic Design & Print Collateral
  • Logo & Visual Identity Design
  • Photography
  • Video Production
  • Web Design & Development
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Greenways & Trails

Greenways and trails are in our DNA.  With experience in a variety of urban and rural settings, our team is well-equipped to provide an expansive set of greenway and trail services – from regional system planning and design, to construction and implementation. We also offer sustainable trail building workshops.

  • Construction Oversight
  • Economic Impact Analysis
  • Regional Trail Planning and Design
  • Trail Building
  • Trail Planning & Design
  • Wayfinding & Signage
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Destination Marketing

We work with communities through marketing and advertising campaigns, content production, and website development to increase visibility, attract new residents, and promote visitation. Our goal is always to provide the community with opportunity for growth, while still preserving its unique sense of place.

  • Graphic Design & Print Collateral
  • Marketing Agency Services
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Photography
  • Public Relations
  • Video Production
  • Visitor Research
  • Web Design & Development
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Downtown Revitalization

Our Downtown Revitalization services range from infrastructure planning and implementation, to place branding, and marketing campaigns. Through prior experience, informed research, and public engagement methods, we provide the insight for you to make the strategic public infrastructure and promotional investments necessary to attract private investment, engage local residents and visitors, and breathe new life into your downtown.

  • Engineering & Construction Documents
  • Ordinance Development
  • Public Engagement
  • Public Space & Plazas
  • Small Area Planning
  • Streetscape Design
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Recreation Master Planning

Our Recreation Master Planning services include system-wide and site-specific master planning as well as design, engineering, and construction documents.  With a range of capabilities, our team is ready to enhance your community’s quality of life through recreation planning, design, and development.

  • Engineering & Construction Documents
  • Park Planning & Design
  • Public Engagement
  • Site Master Plan Design
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Land Use Planning

We offer a range of Land Use Planning services, from regional and comprehensive plans to small area and civic ones. Coupled with innovative public engagement techniques and our multidisciplinary approach to planning, our team provides community-driven plans packed with the visual tools necessary to publicize and execute your unique community vision.

  • Civic Master Planning
  • Public Engagement
  • Regional & Comprehensive Planning
  • Small Area Planning
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  • Imagine Watauga

    – Watauga County, NC

    Imagine Watauga

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  • Legacy Soccer Park

    – Forest City, NC

    Legacy Soccer Park

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    – Hickory, NC

    Visit Hickory

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  • Rock the RoCo Blueway

    – Rockingham County, NC

    Rock the RoCo Blueway

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    – Shelby, NC

    Carolina Harmony Trail

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    – Virginia’s Western Piedmont Region

    Life in SoVA

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    – Bath County, VA

    Bath County Destination Brand

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    – DeSoto, FL

    DeSoto County

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    – Rutherford County, NC

    Rutherford Bound Tourism Plan

    Read more: Rutherford Bound Tourism Plan
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    – Spindale, NC

    Spindale Streetscape

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  • Howard Knob Park

    – Boone, NC

    Howard Knob Park

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    – Spindale, NC

    North Slope Skate Park

    Read more: North Slope Skate Park
  • Galax Grows Downtown Action Plan

    – City of Galax, VA

    Galax Grows Downtown Action Plan

    Read more: Galax Grows Downtown Action Plan
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    – Summerfield, NC

    Bandera Farms Equestrian Park

    Read more: Bandera Farms Equestrian Park
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    – Hendersonville, NC & Brevard, NC

    Ecusta Trail

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    – West Virginia

    Mountaineer Trail Network

    Read more: Mountaineer Trail Network
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    – Beckley, WV

    Beckley Outdoors Tourism Master Plan

    Read more: Beckley Outdoors Tourism Master Plan
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    – Marlinton, WV

    Marlinton, WV Trailhead & Streetscape Plan

    Read more: Marlinton, WV Trailhead & Streetscape Plan
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    – Bertie County, NC

    Destination Bertie Tourism Master Plan

    Read more: Destination Bertie Tourism Master Plan
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    – Manteo, NC

    Manteo, NC Branding & Wayfinding

    Read more: Manteo, NC Branding & Wayfinding
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    – Watauga County, NC

    Watauga County Wayfinding

    Read more: Watauga County Wayfinding
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    – Valdese, NC

    Lakeside Park

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    – Boone, NC

    Downtown Boone Brand

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    – Boone, NC

    Rocky Knob Bike Park

    Read more: Rocky Knob Bike Park
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    – Harney County, Oregon

    Harney County, OR Community Brand

    Read more: Harney County, OR Community Brand
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    – Aiken, SC

    You’re Invited to Aiken

    Read more: You’re Invited to Aiken
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    – Chimney Rock, NC

    Chimney Rock Village Streetscape

    Read more: Chimney Rock Village Streetscape
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    – Madison, NC

    Madison River Park

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    – Danville, VA

    Danville: HOME

    Read more: Danville: HOME
  • Damascus Streetscape & Laurel Creek Park

    – Damascus, VA

    Damascus Streetscape & Laurel Creek Park

    Read more: Damascus Streetscape & Laurel Creek Park
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    – Stallings, NC

    Stallings Greenway

    Read more: Stallings Greenway
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    – Burke County, NC

    Fonta Flora State Trail

    Read more: Fonta Flora State Trail
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    – Currituck County, NC

    Imagine Currituck

    Read more: Imagine Currituck
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    – Rutherfordton, NC

    Kiwanis Park

    Read more: Kiwanis Park
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    – Cleveland County, NC

    Land Of Rhythm and Roots

    Read more: Land Of Rhythm and Roots
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    – McDowell County, NC

    Mountain Wonderland

    Read more: Mountain Wonderland
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    – TN, NC, SC, VA

    Overmountain Victory Trail

    Read more: Overmountain Victory Trail
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    – Shelby, NC

    Shelby Parks & Rec Master Plan

    Read more: Shelby Parks & Rec Master Plan
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    – Stallings, NC

    Stallings Civic Master Plan

    Read more: Stallings Civic Master Plan
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    Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

    Read more: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
  • Chimney Rock Recovery Plan

    Chimney Rock Recovery Plan

    Read more: Chimney Rock Recovery Plan
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