about kenny's
When you've got something to celebrate, do it in a neighborhood worth celebrating.
Kenny’s is an outdoor community and cultural celebration space in Homewood founded by Demi Kolke, who has worked with the neighborhood for over 12 years and lived here for over 4 years.
Kenny's was once an overgrown and lifeless vacant lot. Decades ago, it housed an apartment building and donut shop. Since that was demolished, it sat empty, covered in weeds, yet full of potential. ⠀
Now a park-like celebration space, Kenny's exists to bring joy into a neighborhood too often forgotten.
Kenny’s is a space for…
Vacancy has long proven to be a correlating factor to crime, and the blight Homewood faces leads to its negative misconception.
By turning a vacant lot into a productive community space, we aim to help encourage a new narrative.
We want Homewood to have what it deserves: Beautiful, bountiful spaces, abundant resources, and a neighborhood to be even more proud of for its resilience.
A reason – and a place – to gather, cultivate, and celebrate.
Kenny's was once an overgrown and lifeless vacant lot. Decades ago, it housed an apartment building and donut shop. Since that was demolished, it sat empty, covered in weeds, yet full of potential. ⠀
Now a park-like celebration space, Kenny's exists to bring joy into a neighborhood too often forgotten.
Kenny’s is a space for…
- Elevating the great initiatives already happening in Homewood.
- Inviting people in other parts of Pittsburgh to be welcomed into Homewood.
- Encouraging current residents to have a new and different experience of their neighborhood.
Vacancy has long proven to be a correlating factor to crime, and the blight Homewood faces leads to its negative misconception.
By turning a vacant lot into a productive community space, we aim to help encourage a new narrative.
We want Homewood to have what it deserves: Beautiful, bountiful spaces, abundant resources, and a neighborhood to be even more proud of for its resilience.
A reason – and a place – to gather, cultivate, and celebrate.