ABOUT

The Kelly Factory was founded by Akili and Ashlee Kelly, a husband-and-wife team whose partnership began long before they started The Kelly Factory. The two met in 2009 as graduate students in Jackson State University's Urban and Regional Planning department, where a shared passion for urban planning laid the foundation for everything that would follow.

Five years later, in 2015, they married. In 2016, the couple entered and won Startup Weekend Jackson, pitching tiny home development. Using their first-place winnings, they launched TinyJXN. One year later, they channeled that momentum into founding The Kelly Factory, a full-service architecture and urban planning firm. Together, Akili and Ashlee are also the proud parents of their 8-year-old daughter, Alex, who serves as the firm's part-time intern.

Since inception, The Kelly Factory has completed over 100 projects across Mississippi and Louisiana.