Consider these examples: Uptown Charlotte is known for its heavy concentration of museums, hotels, upscale dining options, and bars. Uptown Chicago is a very popular tourist destination and home to various music venues, nightclubs, and shops as well. Buckhead is an upscale uptown district within the city of Atlanta, Georgia, sometimes promoted as the “Beverly Hills of the South.”

Downtown Greensboro has done fairly well with its own efforts to revitalize… and in order to accomplish some of these basic expectations of community development for Uptown, the formation of a Business Improvement District (BID) and public/private partnerships in which property and business owners elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, development, and promotion of this district is necessary. In other words, multiple property owners/stakeholders agree to the extra fee (assessment) that is used to improve the area. These improvements may include street/sidewalk cleaning, graffiti removal, special events and holiday decorations, improved streetlights, custom trash receptacles, street signage, and etc.