Henry Turley, CEO of the Henry Turley Company in Memphis and co-developer of the Uptown neighborhood

Tanja Mitchell, the original Uptown neighborhood coordinator and now director of community engagement with The Works

Joe Cortright, who blogs at cityobservatory.org and is President and principal economists of Impresa, a consulting firm specializing in regional economic analysis, innovation and industry clusters

 

Its developers set out to create a great neighborhood in Memphis for people with low incomes.  The result was Uptown, that too-rare community in the U.S. attracting people of all incomes.  Why has Uptown succeeded and what can other communities learn?

Joe Cortright recaps his latest findings on key city success factors from cityobservatory.org.