About

Mission

Uptown is a great neighborhood.  A great place with great people.  This website was created to provide proven, effective tools to directly address problems that come up in our community.  It has a second, but related goal: bringing people together in positive ways.

Philosophy

Our approach is simple:

1.Since the drug markets provoke much of the crime, violent, petty and other, clearing out one cleans up the other.

2.Disrupt existing drug outdoor markets by making the locations inconvenient and unprofitable using tactics such as cameras, lighting, fencing, and neighborhood walks. More than targeting the dealers, we are looking for ways to discourage the buyers.

3.Remove the indoor markets (crucial in winter) and business infrastructure (storage for drugs and guns, warm prostitution spots, stolen good delivery, storage and fencing locations, employee warming centers, etc….) by forcing bad landlords to shape up or ship out.

These tactics take time, organization, persistence and focus. But they also work.

Who We Are

This site is maintained by Alderman Mary Ann Smith, 48th Ward, and her staff.  For questions or more information, contact us at info@actionuptown.com.