Mission
To participate in innovative partnerships that eliminate blight conditions and provide affordable housing through a workable program that encourages reinvestment in neighborhoods as directed by the comprehensive plans of Memphis and Shelby County.
Vision
That every neighborhood in the City of Memphis and Shelby County would provide its residents with a healthy and safe environment, economic opportunity, affordable housing, and excellent quality of life.
Values
Restore, Reconnect, Reinvest
Restore
The CRA addresses blight in its neighborhoods and districts by restoring unkept or dilapidated spaces.
Reconnect
We connect people to resources to maintain their homes or attain healthy, safe affordable housing. We connect business owners, developers and providers of affordable housing to gap financing and available spaces to prevent future blight. We connect neighbors to their community through outreach and service.
Reinvest
We invest in the longevity of the neighborhoods we serve through community-driven planning and community-led implementation, thereby creating a sustainable model.
- CRA Bylaws
- Original CRA Workable Program and associated maps
- 2007 Amendments to the Workable Program (approved by the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners)
- 2019 Amendments to the Workable Program (approved by the CRA Board)
- 2022 Amendments to the Workable Program (approved by the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners)
- CRA Act (approved by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1998)
- Uniformity in TIF Act
- CRA Public Records Policy
- TIF Manual (Revised 2024)
- CRA Annual Audits (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Uptown Redevelopment Plan (2011 City Amendment)
- Uptown Redevelopment Plan (2009 City Amendment)
- Uptown Redevelopment Plan (2001 City Original)
- Uptown Redevelopment Plan (2011 County Amendment)
- Uptown Redevelopment Plan (2001 County Original)
- Highland Row Joint Resolution