Mayor Cherelle L. Parker will unveil Philadelphia’s new city-operated drug treatment facility Wednesday, marking what her administration says is a significant milestone in its effort to end open-air drug markets.

Mayor Cherelle Parker and the City of Philadelphia have announced the opening of the Riverview Wellness Village, a care and recovery housing property created to help those who are coming out of inpatient substance-use disorder treatment.

Opening the Riverview Wellness Village in Northeast Philly is a key step toward fulfilling the vow she made when she took office last year to shut down Kensington’s open-air drug market. It’s part of an effort to move unhoused drug users off the street and into treatment,

Mayor Cherelle Parker on Wednesday unveiled the first city-owned recovery housing for people coming out of drug treatment, a key to her plan to address the opioid epidemic.