Updated February 2023
Resources
COMMUNITY PLANS
North of Lehigh Neighborhood Plan
Through volunteer-led studies, community meetings, focus groups and surveys, NKCDC engaged 400 residents for this plan released in 2013.
Heart of Kensington Collective Impact Plan
In 2016, Impact Services engaged hundreds of local residents, community organizations, and other stakeholders to identify priorities for Kensington.
Community priorities from 2022 meetings
Kensington neighbors and local civic associations, active for years in their own neighborhoods, began sending lists of their shared priorities to the City of Philadelphia in 2021.
Health and Wellness Corridors summary
Beginning in 2021, Impact and NKCDC joined forces to show the impact of their combined projects based on the community plans above.
KENSINGTON CONTEXT
What’s Happening in Kensington? (video)
History is repeating in Kensington. It doesn’t have to be this way
PlanPhilly, May 2021
How Kensington became an island
PlanPhilly, March 2021
At its core, a trauma-informed approach acknowledges the impacts of trauma and honors the lived experiences of residents.
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COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT IN KENSINGTON
1st year of Philly’s opioid settlement funds to be spent on overdose prevention, wrap-around services in hard-hit areas
WHYY, January 5, 2023
As city leaders try to improve Kensington, they too often leave out community members
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2022
Kensington can’t wait to end gun violence, we need action now
Billy Penn, February 2022
5 principles of community driven development—and how to actualize them
Generocity, January 2021
TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH
Connected Community: A Trauma Informed Community Engagement Toolkit
100 bullets fired Friday. 9 people shot Saturday. That’s two days in Kensington.
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2022
Trauma-Informed Practices Help Deliver Better Care to Clients and Staff
Shelterforce, October 6, 2021
OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING
In 2023 the City of Philadelphia announced that $7.5 million from national opioid settlement funds will be invested in Kensington schools, parks, and strategies to keep residents in their homes, like home repair, foreclosure prevention, and rental assistance. These investments will be guided by master planning efforts led by NKCDC and Impact Services, city officials said. However, this new money is not being used to fund the planning process itself or existing projects already in process from Impact and NKCDC.
Announcement of how opioid settlement money will be spent in Kensington elicits mixed responses from community members
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 2023
Philadelphia investing $7.5 million in opioid settlement money directly to Kensington
Fox 29 Philadelphia, January 6, 2023
Philly plans to fight opioid epidemic with settlement funds
CBS 3 Philadelphia, January 5, 2023
Mobile methadone clinics are among the initiatives Philly will fund with opioid settlement funds
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2023
City of Philadelphia announces plan to invest $200 million in opioid settlement funds
Philadelphia Tribune, January 5, 2023
1st year of Philly’s opioid settlement funds to be spent on overdose prevention, wrap-around services in hard-hit areas
WHYY, January 5, 2023
Download a print summary of this Kensington planning website
