About Kyle

Kyle is a wife, mother, pet foster, community and environmental planner, grant writer, non-profit founder, volunteer, and outdoor lover.

Kyle and her family moved to Huntertown in 2016. Growing up in Allen County, Kyle graduated from Snider High School and went on to earn her B.S. with honors from Purdue University’s School of Agriculture. After over a decade of civil service with State and local governments, Kyle founded Quandt Consulting Services, LLC in 2022 to address local government and non-profit organizations’ need for an experienced planner and grant writer at a reasonable fee. Since then, Kyle has helped secure over $9M for essential projects and assisted with numerous community and environmental planning projects in Allen County. With a love for the outdoors, Kyle founded the not-for-profit, Northeast Indiana Water Trails, in 2015 to connect the NE Indiana community with our rivers and inspire the next generation of conservationists.

Kyle gets involved, supports community, and cares. Kyle was taken by Huntertown’s small-town hospitality, tight-knit community, quiet neighborhoods, cute local shops, and amazing history, and got involved. Kyle worked with the Huntertown Family Park to develop their stakeholder-led 5-Year Master Park Plan, hosted neighborhood block parties, conducted a 2.5-year watershed study of the Cedar Creek, and developed a comprehensive, stakeholder-led, state and federally-approved Watershed Management Plan, regularly volunteers at community events, joined the Huntertown Rotary, and has offered pro-bono grant writing assistance to the Huntertown Park Board. Through this work, Kyle has seen the community’s investment in Huntertown but noticed the lack of community development investments by the Town Council.

Huntertown has changed significantly in the past 10 years, with its population nearly doubling since 2016. The natural areas and farms are being torn down for neighborhood development with little to no input from the public, and utility fees are rising as the quality of our drinking water is subpar and must be supplemented by in-home softeners and filtration systems. Kyle is also concerned that the quality of place projects in Huntertown, such as park development and trails, are left to community members to fundraise for and manage.  

Kyle feels strongly that Huntertown residents deserve better. They deserve a transparent government, quality-of-life investments, and reasonable fees for high-quality utilities. Kyle believes that development must make sense for the community and that developers must foot the bill for utility hook-ups and build a walkable community. Kyle understands that community development IS economic development, and she will work for residents to ensure Huntertown invests in the community.

Kyle’s background in community development, environmental planning, and successful grant awards will serve Huntertown residents well. She is committed to working for and with residents to ensure the reasons they moved to Huntertown are preserved.

Together, we can Move Huntertown Forward with Kyle’s commitment to Huntertown’s Community, Economy and You!