This is our 1st erotic art show since 2014 and we decided through our arts program (Arts Uptown Greensboro; AUG) to relaunch this event in partnership with ShanndyLand that included over 30 area artist, live performances, vendors, and a food truck.
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The Reign Supreme Art Battle is a 3 round competition format, where 12 area artist compete against each other to see who advances to the final round of 3 and ultimately REIGN SUPREME!
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June 16-19 in Greensboro, NC … A multiday festival produced by the Juneteenth GSO committee. More info about the festival can be viewed on the website, Facebook page, and or the instagram!
We here at Uptown GSO, Inc. produced a sneakerball called “Uptown FRESH,” based on our arts program and in doing so… published a magazine. Click here to view the publication!
We were also responsible for the Juneteenth GSO 2022 magazine and you can view that magazine by clicking here!
Friday, June 17th, 2022 during the official “Juneteenth GSO 4-day week of event,” we will produce the 1st Annual “Uptown FRESH Sneakerball.” Throughout the evening we will feature fashion & apparel from local designers as part of our “Drip City Nouveau” series at the Khalif Event Center.
It was a beautiful day and everyone showed up between the 8:30-9am timeframe. Everyone was paired up, they got a picker, a few additional trash bags, safety vest, and instructions on the area that was to be cleaned up. We dropped signage along Textile Drive to make motorist aware of the cleanup and we cleanup in record time. We couldn’t be happier with the partnering organizations as well as volunteers. Here’s a link to our YouTube channel if you’re curious and would like to follow other future projects we take on!
April 16, 2022 newsletter - CLICK HERE
Murals have the opportunity to tell the community’s story, create a unique experience, engage citizens, increase foot traffic and tourism, increase appreciation for the arts and artists, and increase overall attractiveness of the space... so we did just that with an art auction to fundraise for murals in Uptown and here's what that beautiful Saturday looked like!
Source: https://myfox8.com/2020/01/17/greensboro-man-hopes-to-rebrand-part-of-city-uptown-greensboro/
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A Greensboro man is pushing to change the name of one area of the city.
Joseph Wilkerson III wants to name the northern portion of Greensboro "Uptown Greensboro" in hopes to bring development and new opportunity.
"I think it's possible I don’t see any reason why we can’t do it," said Wilkerson, founder of Uptown Greensboro, a nonprofit organization.
The goal is to bring investments and basic-level community projects to the area.
"When it comes to housing, when it comes to entertainment, when it comes to food and restaurants and creating jobs, there’s a lot of opportunities to do it on this side of Greensboro. It’s just that nobody has really put together or put forth an idea and that’s where rebranding it as Uptown," Wilkerson said.
Thursday night, Wilkerson attended the City of Greensboro District Two Townhall meeting, sharing his vision of giving the area a new identity.
"So I felt like if I just gave it its own name, its own brand, where you would know, OK, when you say Uptown I know what side of town you’re talking about," Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson presented a map showing the divide from downtown to uptown. The area includes several neighbors and landmarks like North Carolina A&T State University and the House of Prayer. The main thoroughfares that would create the area include Murrow Boulevard, Yanceyville Street, Textile Drive, North English Street and East Market Street.
"Whether it’s a grocery store, whether it’s an art district, whether it’s a nightclub, several churches, and apartments," Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson said he believes this side of town is worth the investment but it's not a competition between other parts of the city.
"This is just there’s a lot of opportunities on this side of Greensboro to provide some of the basic needs that a community should have," Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson received a lot of interest in the idea after last night's meeting and is planning more meetings with others in the community soon.
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.
Thinking Outside the Box: Without cardboard boxes, the age of Amazon may never have happened. Forget shoe boxes, Chinese takeout boxes, and pizza and coffee boxes: the most popular (and iconic!) box in the world is the cardboard shipping box. Children make forts out of them. Adults use them for storage. E-commerce and shipping giants have deployed them to keep up with the growing demand of online shoppers.
This simple cardboard packaging, used in approximately 90% of retail shipments, has become the gold standard for the safe delivery of e-commerce wares. The shipping box is light, yet sturdy enough to protect its contents throughout the sometimes tumultuous shipping process, and its affordability makes it accessible to businesses of all sizes.
In order to grow and revitalize Uptown Greensboro… we must first establish it’s box!
