Abby Kinney
Abby Kinney is an urban designer and planning consultant at Multistudio, based in Kansas City, Missouri. She lends her expertise to a range of projects including urban design, incremental development consulting, and strategic planning processes. She also has a background working on zoning reform and design-based regulatory approaches. She views her professional experience as a source of constant learning and believes in dedicating her abilities toward the enhancement of urban life and the empowerment of citizens at the local level.
In her own community, Kinney works to advance bottom-up strategies that enhance both private development and the public realm. She founded Small Developers of KC to focus on building Kansas City's ecosystem of small-scale developers, hosts the popular Upzoned podcast with Strong Towns, is a member of The Congress for the New Urbanism, and is co-chair of the Young Leaders Group for the Kansas City chapter of the Urban Land Institute.