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The '''Belmont-De Villiers''' district, sometimes known as '''West Hill''', is a historic neighbourhood neighborhood in Pensacola, centered around [[Belmont Street|Belmont]] and [[De Villiers Street|de Villiers Street]]s. Belmont-De Villiers is historically a center of Pensacola's African-American community, due largely to Florida's "Jim Crow" laws which took effect in [[1905]]. It was a bustling commercial district in the early twentieth century, until a number of factors led to an exodus of both businesses and residents in the 1950s.
The Belmont-De Villiers Neighbourhood Association defines the district as bordered by [[Cervantes Street]] to the north, [[Gregory Street]] to the south, [[A Street]] to the west, and [[Spring Street]] to the east.<ref>[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/upload/PDFs/CommunityDevelopment/ResourceGuide.pdf Pensacola Neighbourhood Resource Guide 2007]</ref>
The [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[Community Redevelopment Agency]] (CRA) initiated a revitalization project called the "Future Land Use Plan" that installed new sidewalks, brick crosswalks, historic streetlamps and landscaping to the area's four-block core. The project has also set guidelines for future residential and commercial development that will preserve the historic flavor of the neighborhood while promoting growth.<ref>http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/pages.asp?pageID=2065</ref> The district recently hosted the first annual [[Goombay]] festival. ==Landmarks==*[[Belmont Arts Center]]*[[Blue Dot]]*[[Henry W. Wyer Park]]
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