CBN Awards Event Includes Rise CDC Capacity Building and Collaborative Grant Program Recipients

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The Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis recognized outstanding individuals and organizations for excellence in community building at the 2014 Community Builders Awards Presentation March 6, 2014 at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

Establishing itself as a premier community development event, recognized honorees included Fred Bright, the Mayor of the Village of East Alton, Melanie Dileo, Vice President of Community Affairs for Citi Bank, Jim Lutz, Rise Community Development Housing Development Project Manager and long-time community development notable, Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Services, Jason Deem, Rodney and Juanita Norma, Tim Barry, Executive Director of Horizon Housing Foundation and past-President of the St. Louis Equity Fund, as well as the Skinker-DeBalivere Community Council.

Realizing a need for capacity building as an important component of community building, a portion of the event was dedicated to Rise to announce our 2014 Community Development Corporation (CDC) Capacity Building and Collaborative Grant recipients. Loura Gilbert, Vice President of Community Development at Commerce Bank and a member of the Collaborative Oversight Committee announced the recipients.

The 2014 awardees and their grant-funded projects are:

• DeSales Community Housing Corporation– Property Management system upgrades
• Dutchtown South Community Corporation– Data and Neighborhood Indicator Tracking
• Lemay Development Corporation & Lemay Housing Partnership – Broadway & Ripa Intersection Redevelopment Planning
• Mt. Sinai Development Corporation – Sinai Village and Winstanley Neighborhood Reading and Vocabulary Skills Development Program
• Old North St. Louis Restoration Group– Crown Square and Old North St. Louis Marketing Program
• Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council and Citizens for Modern Transit – Wabash Station Planning

The event had over 200 people in attendance. The presentations, the socializing and the food were spectacular!