2021
Business and bloodshed
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 2021
History is repeating in Kensington. It doesn’t have to be this way
PlanPhilly, May 2, 2021
New Toolkit Helps Communities Address Trauma to Shape Their Own Neighborhoods
Next City, April 2, 2021
Kensington community organizers release a guide for trauma-informed community engagement
Al Día, March 30, 2021
Kensington community responds to SEPTA closing down Somerset Station
Kensington Voice, March 29, 2021
Mayor Kenney’s lack of involvement in Somerset El closure isn’t just a transit issue. It’s a leadership failure.
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, 2021
Shuttered El stop illuminates depth of Philly’s entrenched social problems
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, 2021
SEPTA: Somerset station will see “a number of safety and security improvements” upon reopening
The Star, March 25, 2021
Kensington residents and nonprofits mobilize to protest SEPTA station closure
Generocity, March 24, 2021
Kensington residents call for change following Somerset closure
Metro Philadelphia, March 24, 2021
Kensington Residents March for Better Conditions As SEPTA Station Remains Closed
NBC 10 Philadelphia, March 24, 2021
Neighbors demand better communication, resources from SEPTA following closure of Kensington station (audio)
NYW News Radio, March 24, 2021
Residentes de Kensington protestan por el cierre de la estación de Somerset (video)
Univision 65 Philadelphia, March 24, 2021
‘Unacceptable’: Kensington residents protest closing of SEPTA’s Somerset Station after one week notice
Al Día, March 24, 2021
‘We shouldn’t have to get less’: Kensington residents protest Somerset Station closure (video)
PlanPhilly, March 24, 2021
Kensington Community ‘Disinvested In For The Last 40 Years’ Protest SEPTA Closing Somerset Station (video)
CBS 3 Philadelphia, March 23, 2021
Kensington protests closing of SEPTA’s Somerset El station, a lifeline for a battered neighborhood
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 23, 2021
Kensington residents share concerns about Somerset Station closure with SEPTA
Plan Philly, March 19, 2021
Building partnerships to lead the work
NeighborWorks America, March 19, 2021
How Kensington became an island
Plan Philly, March 19, 2021
Kensington artists, community leaders discuss public art as a tool for social change
WHYY, March 17, 2021
One Year of Covid: How Philadelphians Stepped Up
Philadelphia Citizen, March 15, 2021
Using art to keep a neighborhood’s culture in place
NeighborWorks America, March 12, 2021
5 principles of community driven development — and how to actualize them
Generocity, January 29, 2021
2020
Predictions for Nonprofits 2021
Generocity, December 23, 2020
Wells Fargo Regional Foundation will become part of the Philadelphia Foundation
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 18, 2020
Rallying for the Neighborhood
Philadelphia Citizen, December 14, 2020
Shop online but keep it local with Philly’s virtual holiday markets
Billy Penn, November 24, 2020
I Used to Be Somebody: (Un)Retirement Lessons Learned (audio) Pickleball Media, November 13, 2020
Power Moves: Talk about Black excellence
Generocity, October 23, 2020
Trash pile-ups and illegal dumping in Kensington: ‘Why is it our responsibility to then jump in and fend for ourselves?’
Kensington Voice, October 19, 2020
Harriett’s Bookshop is reopening with a sit-in demonstration
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 2020
Philly homeless services organizations receive $1.5 million in grants
Philly Voice, September 11, 2020
The Intersection of Community Development & Mental Health
Build Healthy Places Network & NeighborWorks America, July 22, 2020
‘Both sides’ were agitators, says Fishtown police captain at tense community meeting
Billy Penn, July 1, 2020
Tell me a Story: Community Developers as Storytellers
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, June 2020
Can Virtual Cleanups Get Trash Off Real Streets?
Next City, June 17, 2020
NeighborWorks stories of unity and resilience: Minneapolis and Philadelphia
NeighborWorks America, June 13, 2020
Voices, June 11-18
Philadelphia Weekly, June 11, 2020
Big companies say they’re anti-racist, but what are they actually doing? (Audio)
Marketplace, June 4, 2020
‘I want to be able to heal’: Kensington residents begin yet another recovery
Plan Philly, June 3, 2020
How community leaders in Kensington, West Philly and other bruised neighborhoods say they’ll make it through
Billy Penn, June 2, 2020
Philly community group hosts socially distant cleanup of Kensington, Fishtown
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2020
Community, city respond after 16 businesses close in Kensington Avenue sweep
Kensington Voice, February 25, 2020
New Kensington CDC: Why the 2020 Census matters to us
Kensington Voice, February 25, 2020
Felix M. Torres-Colon, executive director of New Kensington CDC, dies at 62
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 2020
Bok North? Historic Kensington school reopening as space for creatives
Billy Penn, January 31, 2020
These six organizations are improving their neighborhoods with help from Community Connectors
Generocity, January 2, 2020
2019
Senator Tartaglione Presents $150,000 State Grant for Redevelopment of Frankford Avenue Storefronts
Pennsylvania Senate, December 3, 2019
Where to shop local in Philly on Small Business Saturday
Billy Penn, November 29, 2019
Four ways NeighborWorks America VISTA members strengthen community organizations
NeighborWorks America, November 7, 2019
Isaacson applauds New Kensington Community Development Corporation on receiving $150K state grant
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, November 6, 2019
Kensington 2019 Block Build (video)
NBC 10, October 15, 2019
ELRadio: October 2019 broadcast (Audio)
Executive Leaders Radio, October 4, 2019
Philadelphia lawsuit threatens to shut down Kensington clubhouse for addiction recovery
WHYY, February 27, 2019
Storied Fishtown pretzel shop falls to development after 65 years
Billy Penn, February 24, 2019
NKCDC is incorporating trauma-informed practices into its community development work
Generocity, January 29, 2019
Checking in on Kensington’s biggest new housing project
Curbed Philadelphia, January 8, 2019
2018
Money Moves: These 29 Philly nonprofits received holiday donations totaling $918K Generocity, December 27, 2018
Health Program invests in 13 organizations to address housing instability and promote well-being
Kresge, December 12, 2018
Learning community delves into trauma and healing
NeighborWorks America, November 5, 2018
Kensington’s Inevitable Development Boom Is Beginning
Bisnow East Coast, October 8, 2018
Affordable-housing developers struggle to stay one step ahead of gentrification in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 2018
Kensington junkyard battle rages on in courtroom
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12, 2018
Gloria Cartagena: Overcoming trauma with ‘smooches’
NeighborWorks America, August 22, 2018
Kensington junkyard owner blames people with addiction, not code violations, for giant fire
Billy Penn, July 17, 2018
Kensington Storefront workers facing the opioid crisis head-on: ‘We need more help’ from the city
Generocity, June 6, 2018
How Fishtown, Philadelphia Became America’s Hottest New Neighborhood
Forbes Magazine, May 2, 2018
Philly is ‘floating on opioids’: Civic leaders address drug crisis, share solutions
WHYY, April 21, 2018
Philly’s urban gardeners are under siege from gentrification. Here’s what they’re doing about it
The Inquirer, April 16, 2018
Stop talking about Kensington Avenue like it’s a wasteland
PlanPhilly, April 12, 2018
Students and professors help renovate lots in Kensington
The Temple News, April 10, 2018
Capitalism for Good: Kensington Avenue Storefront Challenge
The Philadelphia Citizen, April 10, 2018
One year in, Mural Arts sees progress combating opioids with art in Kensington
Billy Penn, April 2, 2018
CDCs revitalized America’s poor neighborhoods. What is their role as a community gentrifies?
The Inquirer, March 1, 2018
City approves plan to build luxury housing in Conrail’s backyard
WHYY, February 22, 2018
You Got Priced Out of … Philadelphia? The Spread of Hot Housing Markets
Wall Street Journal, January 3, 2018
2017
These 9 businesses won free rent to revitalize Kensington’s commercial corridor
Generocity, December 19, 2017
Solving the affordable housing quandary in one Philly neighborhood
City & State Pennsylvania, November 30, 2017
A half million dollar makeover for a Philly block
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2017
Why affordable housing is hard to find—and develop—in Philadelphia
Billy Penn, September 21, 2017
Who Will Lead Community Development Corporations?
Shelterforce, August 23, 2017
After 650 applicants, Orinoka Civic House still has affordable units to rent
Curbed Philly, August 23, 2017
Kensington: “I see the impact on a person to person level often, just in individual stories.”
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, August 8, 2017
Philly begins cleaning up ‘El Campamento’
Metro Philadelphia, July 31, 2017
A Greener Gateway: NKCDC Launches Revitalization Plan to Create a ‘Vibrant Entrance’ to 19134
Spirit News, June 15, 2017
The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby rides again
Broad Street Review, May 16, 2017
Porch Light for artists trying to make Kensington brighter in every way
Fox 29 News, April 4, 2017
PHS Pop-Up Garden proposed in Fishtown stopped by neighbor concerns, displaced compost co-op
Plan Philly, March 31, 2017
Can this tiny storefront save Philly’s most drug-ravaged neighborhood?
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 30, 2017
New NKCDC director tasked to oversee revitalization of Kensington for all
Philadelphia Weekly, March 22, 2017
Vacant to Vibrant: NKCDC’s Orinoka Civic House Plans to Do More Than Just Construction
Spirit News, February 10, 2017