Six Kensington parks will receive money from the city’s Opioid Settlement Funds. We invite Kensington neighbors to attend one or more of these public meetings to help plan changes you want to see at your local parks!

“The Democratic candidate who wins the primary has a high likelihood of cruising to office in the general election,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Check out this quiz to find which mayoral candidates are the best match for you.

This year has been full of forums and debates between candidates for Philadelphia mayor. One that was on PHL17 on April 18 included responses to the opioid epidemic and how they think about Kensington. Watch that segment here.

As the Opioid Settlement Funds were announced, NKCDC and Impact Services rushed the launch of this website to make sure all Kensington residents felt invited to participate in a community-led planning process. The result was confusing.

On January 5, 2023, Mayor Jim Kenney and City officials shared the City’s plans to invest funds from the national opioid settlements into City- and community-led programs over the next two years.

After a special City Council hearing at Lewis Elkin Middle School in August 2021, a coalition of neighborhood groups began meeting to summarize neighborhood concerns and solutions and call on Mayor Kenney to take action.

After SEPTA suddenly announced Somerset Station was closing “indefinitely” for repairs, three Kensington community development corporations signed a joint letter calling for the station to reopen and asking for increased safety and transit service, as well as addiction resources, workforce development, small business support, and community involvement in decisions that impact the Kensington neighborhood.