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Join us from May to October for A People’s Exposition at the Kensington Engagement Center!

Join us for our youth library cooking classes this month! On Monday, May 4th, NKCDC’s Nourish team is at Kensington Library, and on Monday, May 25th, we’re at McPherson Library for a FREE youth cooking class! Ages 5-18 welcome, one adult required for each child 5-7 years old!

Join NKCDC and other growers and gardeners in Kensington for the Kensington Spring Garden Tour on Saturday, May 2nd from 11AM-2PM!

Join us next Monday at McPherson Library for a FREE youth cooking class with NKCDC's Nourish Program! Ages 5-18 welcome, one adult required for each child 5-7 years old! Can't make this class? We host this cooking class every last Monday of the month!

@clsphila provides free legal resources to income eligible residents at the Kensington Engagement Center every third Thursday of the month from 12:30PM-2:30PM! CLS will have a lawyer on site to support community members with issues such as criminal records, wage theft, and more.

Applications for stabilization grants through the Merchants Fund are now open to help small businesses in Philly overcome barriers impacting their ability to stabilize or grow. You can head to merchantsfund.org/grants/stabili… to learn more. The deadline to apply is April 15th!

In April, NKCDC Housing Counselors are holding both virtual and in-person homebuyer workshops for first-time home buyers in Philadelphia! Sign up for one of the March Workshops and be sure to make note of the location: eventbrite.com/e/first-time-h…

Join us this Monday at McPherson Library for a FREE youth cooking class with NKCDC's Nourish Program! Ages 5-18 welcome, one adult required for each child 5-7 years old! Can't make this class? We host this cooking class every last Monday of the month!

Thanks to funding from the Philadelphia Department of Commerce & @PhiladelphiaGov Taking Care of Business program, our commercial corridor stewards maintain the cleanliness of our commercial district in Kensington! In February, they bagged 550 bags of trash in our service area!

@CLSphila provides free legal resources to income eligible residents at the Kensington Engagement Center from 12:30PM-2:30PM! CLS will have a lawyer on site to support community members with issues such as criminal records, wage theft, employment discrimination, and more.

On the 2nd Friday of every month, we’ll be joined by the office of @SenatorSaval at 2515 Frankford Avenue from 9am-12pm to support with property tax/rent rebates, SEPTA senior passes, utility assistance, unemployment compensation, CHIP and SNAP benefits, PennDOT, and more!

NKCDC and partners are offering three sessions in March to provide a variety of options and info so you can be better equipped when interacting with ICE and be in solidarity with others. All trainings will be located in the 19134-zip. RSVP to get exact location.

In March, NKCDC Housing Counselors are holding both remote and in-person homebuyer workshops for first-time home buyers in Philadelphia! Sign up for one of the March Workshops and be sure to make note of the location: eventbrite.com/e/first-time-h…

Thank you to our partners over at @RideIndego for getting a new bike station installed right outside of the Kensington Engagement Center! This new station is right between the Somerset and Allegheny SEPTA stations, providing another mode of transportation in the neighborhood!

Thanks to funding from the Philadelphia Department of Commerce & @PhiladelphiaGov Taking Care of Business program, our commercial corridor stewards maintain the cleanliness of our commercial district in Kensington! In January, they bagged 530 bags of trash!

Join NKCDC’s Cure Violence team every Thursday starting on 2/26 from at the Kensington Engagement Center (3000 Kensington Avenue) for a weekly Men’s Group Growth Circle! Interested in the Men’s Group Growth Circle? Register here (link in bio): forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

@CLSphila is back this year at the Kensington Engagement Center starting 2/19 and continuing every third Thursday of the month, beginning Thursday, February 19th from 12:30PM-2:30PM!

NKCDC and @muralarts are seeking an artist to create 3 interactive elements and fence signage to be installed in the McPherson Garden Discovery Path, a new garden NKCDC owns located at 2964 Kensington Ave! Head to the full RFQ at nkcdc.org/wp-content/upl….

On the 2nd Friday of every month, we’ll be joined by the office of @SenatorSaval at 2515 Frankford Avenue from 9am-12pm to support with property tax/rent rebate applications, SEPTA senior passes, utility assistance, unemployment compensation, CHIP and SNAP benefits, and more!

NKCDC Housing Counselors are holding both remote and in-person homebuyer workshops for first-time home buyers in Philadelphia in February: Sign up for one of the February Workshops here and be sure to make note of the location when signing up: eventbrite.com/e/first-time-h…