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Starr Hill

Charlottesville’s Starr Hill area landscape today is dominated by the City’s Public Works Department storage yard and the Vinegar Hill Shopping Center (once part of a thriving Black neighborhood that was destroyed under 1960s urban renewal).

In 2017, then Councilor Kathleen Galvin and Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy championed the formation and selection of the African American-owned New Hill Development Corporation (NHDC) to lead an effort with the community to craft a “vision” plan for redevelopment with the expressed goal of growing Black business and home ownership within an inclusive, healthy, equitable and walkable neighborhood.

StarrHill Development area, CharlotesvilleStarr Hill BeforeStarr Hill concept

Starr Hill Development

“In July of 2017, a group of public servants, educators, artists, and entrepreneurs were convened by then Councilor Kathy Galvin and Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy to begin discussing the ever-changing economic landscape of Charlottesville, and where the African American community fit into the picture. A series of solution-oriented meetings ensued and then persevered through one of Charlottesville’s darkest moments in history, August 12, 2017.”
(Starr Hill Plan, November 2019)

Images Courtesy of New Hill Development Corporation

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Kathleen M. Galvin, Architect FAIA, CNU-A
712 Lyons Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Tel: (434) 979-2890 
kg@galvinarchitects.com

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