The Uptown Consortium, as well as a variety of private developers and entrepreneurs, is committed to working with the community to help foster and mold Uptown’s revitalization. To date, $1.2 billion in construction is underway in Uptown, including $300,000 million in community redevelopment. The Uptown Consortium’s aggressive revitalization includes completing the following goals in the next five years:

• increasing home ownership by 25 percent.
• creating 1,200 new mixed-rate housing units.
• creating 300,000 square feet of new retail space.
• creating 2,300 permanent jobs and another 2,500 jobs from new construction.