Edward Erfurt

Edward Erfurt is the Chief Technical Advisor at Strong Towns. He is a trained architect and passionate urban designer with over 20 years of public- and private-sector experience focused on the management, design, and successful implementation of development and placemaking projects that enrich the tapestry of place. He believes in community-focused processes that are founded on diverse viewpoints, a concern for equity, and guided through time-tested, traditional town-planning principles and development patterns that result in sustainable growth with the community character embraced by the communities which he serves.

Article by Edward Erfurt

Streets

What Cities Actually Say When You Ask Them About Crash Response

Accounting

Annexation Is a Promise Cities Rarely Measure

Streets

The Highest Form of Public Engagement Isn’t a Meeting

Streets

When the County Asks the City to Take Over a Road

Streets

When Doing Everything Right Still Isn’t Enough

Accounting

Neutrality Is a Myth and It’s Costing Cities More Than They Realize

Housing

The Paperwork Problem Behind the Housing Shortage

Accounting

The Impact Fee Illusion

Housing

Authority vs. Influence: The Planning Commission’s Dilemma

Local Conversations

When a Drive-Thru Feels Like the Only Option

Housing

What Zillow’s Search Data Says About the Housing Market

Housing

What Would It Take to Approve a Housing Permit in 24 Hours?

Streets

A Crash That Should Have Been Prevented

Housing

Zoning and the Erosion of Civic Life: Notes Inspired by Léon Krier

Housing

Why State Housing Reform is Failing (and What We Can Do About It)

Members

Strong Communities Don’t Just Happen. We Build Them.

Housing

How Small Zoning Code Changes Can Unlock Big Opportunity

Housing

How Bentonville Changed the Conversation with Developers

Housing

How a 30-Minute Appointment Can Open the Door for Local Investment 

Housing

From Gatekeeping to Guidance: Sacramento’s Bet on Small Developers

Housing

When Cities Right-Size the Rules, People Step Up: Tallahassee’s ADU Story

Housing

Making the Good Easy: Kalamazoo’s Pre-Approved Building Program

Housing

Unleashing the Swarm in South Bend: Conversations that Build Developers

Highways

West Virginia Is the Canary in America’s Infrastructure Coal Mine