Principal
Evan Peterson
Evan is an approachable leader, skilled planner and designer, and creative problem-solver. To him, going barefoot means shedding conventionality in search of a better way—though he still wears shoes to meetings.
About Us
Small team.
Wide perspective.
Based on Vancouver Island, working with communities and collaborators across British Columbia.
Why Barefoot?
Less convention. More connection.
Barefoot is an approachable, collaborative alternative to corporate consulting. Clients work directly with senior practitioners, and we build each team around what the project actually needs.
We bring planning, design, communication, and practical judgment together to see the whole system, make complex choices clearer, and create work that remains useful long after the presentation is over.
The team
The people behind Barefoot.
Community Planner · RPP, MCIP
Mark McNaughton
Mark is a multidisciplinary planner, designer, and researcher. He brings a thoughtful, collaborative, and detailed approach across community planning, sustainability, policy, and design.
Network
The right team for the work.
Barefoot works with a close-knit group of associates and technical specialists, including Adam Wicks in GIS and data analysis and Carrie Hubka in graphic design, along with planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, lawyers, and communications specialists who join the team as a project requires.