Michael Mehaffy

Michael Mehaffy is a development consultant, researcher, planner, designer, author, and president of Structura Naturalis Inc. He will be leading a session at CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas on “Small Towns Leading the Way on Zoning Code Reforms,” and discussing the QUIMBY methodology along with White Salmon mayor Marla Keethler and others.

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How Charles was right (it’s probably not what you think)

As the former Prince of Wales moves into a new and more circumscribed role, many people are reassessing his legacy for planning and design—but some are still missing a key point.
MICHAEL MEHAFFYOCT. 31, 2022
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New Urbanism in the New Urban Agenda: Threads of an unfinished (global) reformation

The two charters represent a “paradigm shift” in the shaping of cities and towns, away from machinery and machine thinking, and back towards people. A May conference in Paris will explore them both.
MICHAEL MEHAFFYFEB. 28, 2022
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The ‘missing middle’ of zoning code reform

Beyond the battles between NIMBY and YIMBY, a third option— call it “QUIMBY”—offers a promising path forward.
MICHAEL MEHAFFYFEB. 19, 2026