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More Energy, More Unity
Building identity and making Uptown Houston accessible will sustain
and strengthen the vibrant community that is Uptown. It
is about diversity. Uptown is about blending the different elements
of life. Uptown is about making you feel comfortable, yet energized
by your surroundings.
Where You Can Have It All
Uptown Houston is a place that lures you to play, invites you to
work and inspires you to live.
It's where you can have it all.
Encouraging New Development
Sustaining a vibrant community also means encouraging new development
that is engaging and public-spirited. Uptown Houston encourages private
developers and property owners to reinforce the area's unique identity
through the creation of development
projects that extend and enrich the life and vitality of the public
environment. That can include constructing underground utilities or
rethinking building setbacks or sign ordinances or simply reinventing
the approach to new projects.
Optimizing Open Space
Uptown Houston benefits from several open spaces, such as the Water
Wall, that are not under public ownership, but add important culture,
recreation and beauty to the area. It is Uptown's desire
to maintain and enhance these resources as much as possible to make
them an even larger and more meaningful part of the community.
Reaching Out
Continually revitalizing Uptown Houston's sense of community also means that
we have to do a better job of communicating and telling Uptown's
incredible story. We want every person who works, lives and visits
here to become an ambassador for the community.
To that end, we are implementing an aggressive campaign that
includes a creative public information program to inform people of
the exciting things happening in Uptown and provide the necessary
tools and information relating to mobility improvements such as
closures and alternate routes in and out of the area. It also
includes special events like the city-wide family tradition Uptown
Holiday Lighting.
We have become an information source through our staff, the
media and our Web site so people know that Uptown Houston
is one of the world's great urban centers that connects business
with pleasure, energy with grace and style with substance.
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