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Rise and the Young Professionals at St. Louis Earth Day

Rise had a great time meeting new people and spreading the word about the work we do building strong and healthy neighborhoods at St. Louis Earth Day on Sunday April 27, 2014. The event, held on the Muny grounds at Forest Park, was attended by thousands and our Young Professionals met with many of those people, […]

Rise Young Professionals Happy Hour is a Huge Hit!

    The Rise Young Professionals Happy Hour at Urban Chestnut Brewing Company on April 23, 2014 was a blast! This was the YP’s inaugural event and came off without a hitch. The event was well attended and helped raise awareness of the newly founded YP Board as well as Rises’ mission of building strong […]

Local CDCs Expand How We Think About Food Distribution and Food Access

On Friday, March 28, 2014 Rise engaged 40 community development corporations (CDCs), entrepreneurs, local farmers, and other stakeholders around the relevant topic of food access within the context of place-based community development. Given that many CDCs and other community organizations are located in food deserts and/or have residents within their service area with limited access […]