Kim Roney

Councilmember, City of Asheville

Asheville Councilmember Kim Roney is music educator, community organizer, and former Station Manager of 103.3 AshevilleFM. Raised in deep poverty in the rural South, Kim’s familiar with food insecurity, housing insecurity, intimate partner violence, and the threat of family separation. She walks, bikes, and rides public transit, and she understands the people of Asheville are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living rises while unchecked tourism strains our natural resources, burdens our infrastructure, and displaces vulnerable neighbors, especially as Western North Carolina recovers from Hurricane Helene.

On City Council, Kim serves on the Policy, Finance, & Infrastructure and the Planning, Environment, and Development Committees, and liaisons advisory boards including: the French Broad River MPO; Urban Forestry Commission; Transit Committee; Neighborhood Advisory Committee; and Human Relations Commission. She is the Co-Chair of Local Progress NC, member of ART-C coalition, an out-elected with EqualityNC, and a Fellow of New Disabled South Rising.

Kim enjoys music, a good story, and the process of growing, cooking, and sharing food with friends & neighbors.