Edward Starkie

Biography: Ed Starkie Principal Urban Advisors, Ltd. Portland, OR Ed Starkie has 27 years’ experience in working with urban projects from conception and feasibility analysis to financing and development strategies. A particular career focus has been the economic structure of vital urban places, and of downtowns and neighborhoods that are pedestrian and transit oriented environments. Recent work has received the California Preservation Foundation award and the California Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, a Charter Award from the Congress for New Urbanism, the EPA Smart Growth award, a Driehaus Form Based Code award and APA awards from Texas, Virginia, and Missouri. Mr. Starkie is a financial advisor for private and public development who brings a unique, pragmatic approach that result in projects that are feasible, profitable, and contribute to community livability. Ed also has also served on the faculty of the University of Oregon Urban Architecture Program and the Portland State University Urban Planning and Architecture programs. He has a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture for the University of Oregon. (March 2014)