A new hill to build on Envisioning a future for Black business in Charlottesville
New Hill Development Corporation got its start from a series of conversations about the history and future of Black wealth in Charlottesville. In early 2017, Wes Bellamy and Kathy Galvin, then City Council members, gathered a group of Black entrepreneurs and community leaders to talk about Black representation in city development. But the scope of the discussion quickly grew.
They wanted to develop sustainable economic power for Black communities, so they set out to understand the history of that power.
