MARY W. JACKSON NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERThe Foundation regularly looks at the area’s quality of life using different lenses to try to understand the changing health of our many communities. One issue is our aging neighborhoods. The age and deterioration of a growing number of neighborhoods has become a concern.
We, in partnership with national experts and local government leaders have held numerous strategy meetings. These sessions in part led the City of Hampton to ask the Foundation to help design a plan for the revitalization of the Olde Hampton community. Partnering closely with the city and neighborhood leaders, we led a process that successfully designed and built a new neighborhood center and future new neighborhood development. |
Olde Hampton to see restoration with redevelopment project nearing completionGrant Street itself is being rebuilt and reconnected to the community
By: Conor Hollingsworth
Posted 12:20 PM, Mar 07, 2025HAMPTON, Va. — The Grant Street restoration project is almost complete — ten years in the making, this three phase project is a part of a key redevelopment for this historically black neighborhood. “There’s so much proud history there, during a period of redevelopment during the 1960’s, Grant street, which was one of the primary roads, kind of got broken up,” said Hampton’s Communications Manager, Mike Holtzclaw. Located right behind the Mary Jackson Neighborhood Center, Grant Street is a part of the Olde Hampton Community. Back in the 1880’s, this area was dubbed “Slabtown,” founded by escaped slaves who wanted to build new lives after the civil war. Read more |
In support of Hampton's Neighborhood Revitalization Project, PCF's CEO Mike Monteith presented a $10,000 grant to the Barrett-Peake Heritage Foundation for renovation of the Educational and Cultural Center located at 123 East Pembroke Avenue in Hampton.
The Foundation is working with local governments to create new strategies for strengthening their oldest neighborhoods and the people who reside in them. This includes increasing the skills, talent, and education of our citizens while also improving the physical structures in our neighborhoods to create vibrant communities. Too many of our older neighborhoods are physically deteriorating, while their residents struggle to attain financial stability. Education levels are well below the city averages in these neighborhoods, and residents often feel unsafe.
We are bringing together nonprofit, government and Foundation resources to reverse these trends and create a stronger, safer community. Newport News and Hampton have the majority of these neighborhoods and we are working with a large number of individuals and groups who care about how these neighborhoods function. In Hampton we are working with city officials and citizens to redesign an area known as Olde Hampton.
We are bringing together nonprofit, government and Foundation resources to reverse these trends and create a stronger, safer community. Newport News and Hampton have the majority of these neighborhoods and we are working with a large number of individuals and groups who care about how these neighborhoods function. In Hampton we are working with city officials and citizens to redesign an area known as Olde Hampton.
The Foundation, in partnership with national experts and local government leaders have held numerous strategy meetings. These sessions in part led the City of Hampton to ask the Foundation to help design a plan for the revitalization of a community known as Olde Hampton. Partnering closely with the city and neighborhood leaders, the Foundation led a process that successfully designed and built a new neighborhood center and future new neighborhood development.
In Newport News we are mentoring several residents in the East End who want to make a difference in their neighborhoods.
In Newport News we are mentoring several residents in the East End who want to make a difference in their neighborhoods.
