COMMUNITY ZONING MEETING (VIRTUAL)

SKCP's RCO will host a virtual Community Zoning Meeting on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 6:30 PM. [pdf]

Click here to review the preliminary plans for the following project:

7.00pm 1300 N Howard St

We will have time for questions during the meeting but we ask that questions be submited ahead of time. Please review the project, submit questions, and register here for the meeting.

If you prefer, you may also sign up by calling South Kensington Community Partners' office at 215-427-3463 and leaving a message with your name and number. SKCP will provide reasonable accommodation to any neighbor that requests additional assistance with joining the meeting or otherwise submitting feedback on the projects.

Do No Harm: Community, cameras & respect

December 4th
4PM – 6PM
Presented by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Hidden River Films, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and Scribe Video Center.

Have you been filmed or photographed, with or without your permission, in a way that impacted your life?
Have you taken photographs or videos of people in Kensington?
Have images of Kensington colored the way you think about the community?

Join this community conversation about the role of cameras in the Kensington community; how they can harm and how they can help. Join neighbors and media professionals as we explore participatory methods of creating news stories, pictures and film and talk about how representation matters. As a follow-up, we will share insights we discover together in a poster campaign throughout the neighborhood.

This event will be held in English and Spanish. Click here to register.

Composting @ La Esquina Garden

PHDC streamlines public land sale system

PHDC streamlines public land sale system for those envisioning side yards, community gardens
Ryan Briggs, WHYY Plan Philly

City officials have announced yet another overhaul to Philadelphia’s system for selling publicly owned vacant lots, aimed at streamlining sales to residents seeking to create side yards or community gardens.
Philadelphia Housing Development Corp., a quasi-municipal agency that manages certain city land sales, will launch new online platforms that will allow buyers to formally apply to purchase land for such uses. Anyone with an outstanding EOI will be notified by email and U.S. mail that they must reapply.

More details here.

SKCP Virtual Community Meeting

The SKCP NACC, Rasheed Davis, has organized our first-ever virtual community meeting in light of social distancing.

This short meeting will focus on Census related information. Click here for details.