BEACON Kitchen construction is underway in Belmont
The BEACON kitchen project will be a full-equipped shared-use kitchen for entrepreneurs.
Right now, it’s under construction in Charlottesville’s Belmont neighborhood.
New Hill Development has a BEACON pilot kitchen on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.
“It’s pretty miraculous seeing going from blueprints to being at the construction site, seeing the infrastructure being laid down,” BEACON Director David Givens said
BEACON Kitchen construction is underway in Belmont
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -The BEACON kitchen project will be a full-equipped shared-use kitchen for entrepreneurs. Right now, it’s under construction in Charlottesville’s Belmont neighborhood.
Council reallocates another $90K in federal funds to BEACON kitchen
The City of Charlottesville’s approach to the use of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is shifting, with Council agreeing twice in the past two months to reprogram money from public infrastructure to private infrastructure.
New Hill Development Receives City Contribution
Recently, the Office of Economic Development presented
New Hill Development Corporation a $500,000 check as part
of the city’s commitment to the BEACON shared-use
commercial kitchen project.
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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.
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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.
Council holds first reading of $500K payment to New Hill for BEACON kitchen
Tonight, Council will have the second reading of a proposal to give half a million to a nonprofit organization outside of the budget cycle for an economic development project.
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.
Fostering Black Business Ownership
The New Hill Development Corporation, a nonprofit in Charlottesville, Virginia, works to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize their community by expanding economic opportunities for local Black entrepreneurs through BEACON.
Governor Northam Announces More Than $4.4 Million to Revitalize Communities Across Virginia
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that local business owners and community organizations will benefit from more than $4.4 million in grants for 33 investment projects across the Commonwealth.
These projects will create and support business development, economic recovery, and the redevelopment of industrial and commercial structures.
