Fannie M. Dixson of Gracetown

Located in the Bayside study area, Gracetown is bordered on the north by Hermitage Town Houses and Robin's Corner Shopping Center, west by Independence Boulevard, south by Thoroughgood Elementary School and east by Thoroughgood Community

In the News

Gracetown: poor to middle-class
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Once mostly black, the racial mix now is pretty evenly split and the number of homes has doubled.

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Resources

City of Virginia Beach Target Neighborhoods program report - history and background, 1998

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Photo of Gracetown street prior to Target Neighborhood program.

Photo of Gracetown street following Target Neighborhood program.