The Uptown community covers 100 city blocks stretching roughly from the Mississippi River east to Ayers, and from Poplar Avenue north to Chelsea Avenue. Uptown includes some of Memphis’ oldest neighborhoods such as Greenlaw, the first planned “suburban” community in Memphis.

The Uptown Memphis is the concerted public-private revitalization between downtown pioneers Jack Belz and Henry Turley as master developers and the City of Memphis. Part of a forward thinking national trend to build neighborhoods that are walkable, planned to contain a diverse range of housing and to reduce urban sprawl and traffic, Uptown contains historic restoration, new and ecologically built construction for energy efficiency, improved streetscapes and quality architecture.

The Uptown Memphis development features a wide variety of homes and prices. Timeless designs combined with modern features are ecologically sound and economically smart.

New public infrastructure, parks and streetscape; property improvement programs for current residents and businesses; community support services to achieve resident self-sufficiency; public safety education; transportation programs.

The Uptown Partnership, a Belz-Turley Community Development Company.

The Center for Neighborhoods, BRIDGES, St. Jude, City of Memphis, Shelby County, Housing & Community Development, the Uptown Alliance and others.