Topic: Kensington

The $5.5 million pilot program is a key part of Mayor Parker’s plan to address the addiction and homelessness issues in the ravaged neighborhood. Nine months in, no one seems to know when — or if — we’ll know it’s successful

Why one local biotech firm is right at home in Philly’s most beleaguered neighborhood

Despite helping to slow bloodshed, several local gun violence prevention community groups are losing federal funding

An abandoned lot sparked a community-led movement to reclaim green space in the North Philly neighborhood

After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.

Enough already with being host to the East Coast’s largest open-air drug market. A Manhattan Institute Fellow lays out ideas for reclaiming the neighborhood

The federal funding freeze this week is evidence, a Kensington resident and nonprofit leader argues, that we must plan for the worst — together

… and other concerns that will shape Philly politics in 2025, from a Drexel University politics professor

“Health hubs” in Washington state are dramatically reducing opioid addiction among patients. Could a similar model work in Philly and around the country?

A Harrowgate resident has spent years advocating for the people who actually live in the neighborhood. Here’s what she wants to see from the City