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Rise Open House 12.05.14 Save the Date!

November 14, 2014 in /by

Please join us at our new address, 1627 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63103, from 4 pm to 9 pm on December 5, 2014, for our official open house and grand opening. Our next door neighbor, the Des Lee Gallery, will be co-hosting this event with the opening of “Parabola”, produced by the students of […]

Rise YP Roasting & Toasting – Great Entertainment

November 11, 2014 in /by

The Roasting & Toasting Party hosted by the Rise YP’s on 11.7.14 was full of great entertainment, great drinks and mouth watering Galettes. Beth Diamond prepared the Galettes with a little help from her friends. Her gregarious personality was only overshadowed by the “to die for” taste of her Galettes. Wow! Beth Bombara serenaded us with […]

Rise Young Professionals Prepare New Markets Tax Credit Application

October 30, 2014 in /by

With substantial assistance from its Young Professionals Board, on October 1, 2014 Rise submitted an application for a $30 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation. Administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions fund, the New Markets Tax Credit program was established by Congress in 2000. The program permits investors to […]

Eleanor Tutt – Data Storyteller at Rise

October 29, 2014 in /by

This article is next in a series intended to help you get to know our staff and the work they do at Rise.  Many people do not realize the level of expertise and commitment to community development among all of the Rise staff.  These are the folks that are doing the hard and sometimes extremely […]