New Hill Development Corporation

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New Hill Development Corporation
Type
Founded
Headquarters
Key people Yolunda Harrell, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Employees
Website www.newhilldev.org

Formed in April 2018, New Hill Development Corporation (aka New Hill) is a non-profit corporation "whose aim is to expand and strengthen Charlottesville’s African American middle class by honoring the heritage of the once vibrant Vinegar Hill community. New Hill intends to accomplish its mission by improving access to affordable housing, expanding financial literacy, and supporting economic, educational, and cultural development programs." [1]

Their Starr Hill small area plan was presented to Charlottesville City Council at their meeting on November 4, 2019. [2] The plans calls for a mixed-use redevelopment of the site.

The Charlottesville Planning Commission was briefed on what had been renamed as a "Community Vision Plan" at their meeting on August 11, 2020. [3] [4]

Starr Hill Vision Plan, June 2020

Creation

On November 5, 2018, at the regular Monday city council meeting, The Charlottesville City Council (2018-2019) voted 4-1 in favor of New Hill’s request of $500,000 in funding from the Council Reserve Fund for Racial Equity and Engagement. The funding would be used support the start-up's plans to work with two national organizations, Operation HOPE and the Local Initiatives Support Corp., to create the financial training program and the small area plan, respectively.

At the meeting, New Hill CEO Yolunda Harrell, noted that the non-profit company plans to use the funds to conduct financial training programs and draft a small area plan for Charlottesville’s Starr Hill neighborhood, which is bordered by the railroad tracks, Preston Avenue, West Main Street and Ridge-McIntire Road. The small area plan is intended to create strategies for improving the lives of residents of the neighborhood and creating job and housing opportunities in the area. [1]

New Hill had originally approached Councilors Bellamy and Kathy Galvin with the funding allocation request. Mayor Nikuyah Walker cast the dissenting vote.

According to media publications, City Council member Bellamy, a founding board member of New Hill, stated that he had stepped off the board of the company. [5]

According to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) [6], the New Hill Development Corporation was formed on April 2, 2018. P.J. Harris, Secretary

Founding members

  1. Quinton Harrell
  2. Yolunda Harrell,
  3. Wesley Bellamy
  4. Melvin Burruss
  5. Paul C. Harris, Jr.
  6. John Kluge Jr.
  7. Hunter Smith
  8. Glenn Rust

Current Directors and Principal Officers

(as of June 24, 2022)[7] [8]

  1. Yolunda Harrel, Officer as of 07/31/2020
  2. Melvin Burrus, President as of 7/31/2020
  3. Anne Brown, Director as of 5/19/2022
  4. Hunter Smith, Director as of 5/19/2022
  5. John Kluge Jr., Director as of 7/31/2020
  6. Shymora Cooper, Director as of 7/31/2020
  7. Rashard Dacus, Director as of 7/31/2020
  8. Shawn McGowen, Director as of 6/11/2021
  9. Karen Klick, Vice President as of 5/19/2022
  10. Elizabeth Kennan, Director as of 6/11/2021
  11. Caruso Brown, Treasurer as of 5/19/2022
  12. Steven Carter, Director as of 5/19/2022
  13. Ramona Chapman, Secretary as of 5/19/2022

(as of November 5, 2019)[9]

  1. Anne Brown, Director (replaced Wesley Bellamy on November 5, 2019)
  2. Melvin Burruss, Officer
  3. Cheis Garrus, Director (replaced Quinton Harrell)
  4. Yolunda Harrell, Director
  5. Hunter Smith, Officer/Director (Treasurer)
  6. Shelley Murphy, Director (replaced Paul C. Harris, Jr. on November 5, 2019)

Former Directors and Principal Officers

Capacity-building

On March 21, 2022, Virginia Housing announced a $20,000 capacity-building grant for New Hill to help them develop a strategic plan. [10]


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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Web. Charlottesville City Council Meeting Agenda for November 5, 2018, Brian Wheeler, Interim City Coucil Clerk, Meeting Agenda, City of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA, November 5, 2018, retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. Web. City to incorporate New Hill proposal into Comprehensive Plan, Nolan Stout, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, November 7, 2019, retrieved November 7, 2019. Print. November 7, 2019 page A1.
  3. https://charlottesvilleva.civicclerk.com/Web/UserControls/DocPreview.aspx?aoid=692
  4. Print: Week Ahead for August 10, 2020, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Community Engagement, Town Crier Productions.
  5. Web. City donates third of equity fund to new nonprofit, against mayor’s wishes, Emily Hays, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, Charlottesville, Virginia, November 6, 2018, retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. http://scc.virginia.gov/
  7. https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/ARSearch/Home/SearchResults
  8. https://cis.scc.virginia.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=274862&source=FromEntityResult&isSeries%20=%20false
  9. https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/ARSearch/Home/SearchResults
  10. Web. Grant Helps New Hill Development Corporation’s Mission: Building Wealth in Charlottesville’s Black Community, Press release, Virginia Housing, March 21, 2022, retrieved June 23, 2022.

External Links

official site