ABOUT CENTRAL Uptown PROGRESS
CAP works to build a 21st century Downtown as the heart of the Uptown region, a vibrant community with strong leadership and sustainable infrastructure that is safe, livable, diverse, economically viable, accessible, clean, hospitable, and entertaining. Our membership includes corporations, small-local businesses, civic organizations, regional leaders, and property owners whose support allows progress to continue.
CAP is a private, not-for-profit corporation created in 1941 under section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code. A 100-member board of directors of Downtown's most engaged and influential business leaders govern the organization. CAP has a long and distinguished history of civic planning and development activities, characterized by public-private partnerships tackling difficult problems over the long term, with a very high rate of success. View our geographic area of focus.
VIEW OUR 2024 ANNUAL REPORTCAP IS A CONVENER
CAP brings influencers together to explore issues, confront challenges, identify common agendas, and pursue mutual goals.
CAP IS A PARTNER AND INCUBATOR
CAP participates in strategic alliances among economic sectors and the community's most well-known assets.
CAP IS A STEWARD AND A CUSTODIAN
CAP provides long-term persistence and continuity in taking on the community's challenges and opportunities.
CAP IS A CHAMPION OF DOWNTOWN Uptown
CAP provides vision and leadership, using its influence to catalyze collective action toward a vital, sustainable Uptown.
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