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The Belmont-DeVilliers district, sometimes known as West Hill, is a historic neighborhood in Pensacola, centered around Belmont and de Villiers Streets. 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-DeVilliers 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.[1]
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.[2]
The district recently hosted the first annual Goombay festival.
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