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2015 Rise Up Festival Video

October 2, 2015 in , , /by

Warm greetings, friends of Rise! We here at Rise Community Development want to share this wonderful video shot and produced exclusively to highlight the amazing artists, musicians, sponsors, and YOU – our supporters – that contributed to making the 2015 Rise Up Festival a huge success. If you couldn’t make it out this year Rise hopes this […]

Wells Fargo HomeLIFT Program

September 11, 2015 in /by

One of Rise’s longtime partners, Wells Fargo Bank, has an exciting opportunity for qualifying home buyers. If you have a goal to become a homeowner, you won’t want to miss the HomeLIFT event, sponsored by Wells Fargo in collaboration with local non-profit organizations. At the event, you can find out if you qualify for the down payment assistance program […]

Lon Brauer – Best Of Show Winner at the 2015 Rise Up Festival

September 10, 2015 in /by

Rise is pleased to announce Lon Brauer as the winner of Best Of Show at the 2015 Rise Up Festival Fine Arts and Crafts Show! “Lon Brauer is an artist, photographer, and painter living and working in Granite City, IL under the roof of Lon Brauer Studios. As a painter, Lon is an impressionist utilizing the plasticity […]

House Bill 613 – Improving Sustainability of Affordable Housing

August 28, 2015 in /by

HB 613 is a victory for the affordable housing sector in Missouri. Previously, low-income residents began receiving unreasonable hikes in their real property tax because some assessors had begun disregarding existing precedence and raising property taxes as they could on unrestricted properties. HB 613 bill codifies in plain language the manner in which a county tax […]