Rise Community Development is producing a one day free street festival to celebrate revitalization in St. Louis. The festival, scheduled for August 21, 2015 on Washington Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets, will kick-off at 4 PM and end at 11 PM.
The event will include live entertainment featuring the Dirty Muggs, the Jeramiah Johnson Band, and the Bottoms Up Blues Gang. Tom “Papa” Ray will emcee the event and Alexsis Tucci will DJ. The Blues Society of St. Louis and STLBlues.net are once again partners in the event. Also featured will be fire dancers and roaming entertainers. The Kids Carnival Area will have games, a hula-hoop workshop, and face painting.
The Downtown St. Louis Restaurant Association will be providing a generous sampling of food from local business owners and Urban Chestnut Brewing Company will provide the microbrew. Other local organizations will be showcasing their programs such as CityArchRiver and the Downtown YMCA. A juried fine arts and crafts show managed by Cultural Festivals (founders and managers of the Saint Louis Art Fair) will feature local fine artists competing for best in show and selling their work.
“With our Rise Up Festival we focus attention on urban revitalization and the importance of neighborhood and community development to the region as a whole,” said Stephen Acree, President of Rise. “We know, and we want others to know, that having strong, economically diverse, livable and thriving neighborhoods is a very important part of our whole regional economic growth agenda.”
About Rise (www.risestl.org/) is a nonprofit organization that connects key groups working to revitalize communities and neighborhoods in the St. Louis area. Rise develops affordable market-rate housing in partnership with community development corporations, particularly in neighborhoods with the potential to enhance economic diversity. Since 2000, Rise has helped secure $560 million in funding and support for redevelopment projects in area neighborhoods.
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Rise Hosts Third Annual Rise Up Festival – Celebrating Revitalization in Washington Avenue Historic District
/in Press Releases /by Larry PerlmutterRise Community Development is producing a one day free street festival to celebrate revitalization in St. Louis. The festival, scheduled for August 21, 2015 on Washington Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets, will kick-off at 4 PM and end at 11 PM.
The event will include live entertainment featuring the Dirty Muggs, the Jeramiah Johnson Band, and the Bottoms Up Blues Gang. Tom “Papa” Ray will emcee the event and Alexsis Tucci will DJ. The Blues Society of St. Louis and STLBlues.net are once again partners in the event. Also featured will be fire dancers and roaming entertainers. The Kids Carnival Area will have games, a hula-hoop workshop, and face painting.
The Downtown St. Louis Restaurant Association will be providing a generous sampling of food from local business owners and Urban Chestnut Brewing Company will provide the microbrew. Other local organizations will be showcasing their programs such as CityArchRiver and the Downtown YMCA. A juried fine arts and crafts show managed by Cultural Festivals (founders and managers of the Saint Louis Art Fair) will feature local fine artists competing for best in show and selling their work.
“With our Rise Up Festival we focus attention on urban revitalization and the importance of neighborhood and community development to the region as a whole,” said Stephen Acree, President of Rise. “We know, and we want others to know, that having strong, economically diverse, livable and thriving neighborhoods is a very important part of our whole regional economic growth agenda.”
About Rise (www.risestl.org/) is a nonprofit organization that connects key groups working to revitalize communities and neighborhoods in the St. Louis area. Rise develops affordable market-rate housing in partnership with community development corporations, particularly in neighborhoods with the potential to enhance economic diversity. Since 2000, Rise has helped secure $560 million in funding and support for redevelopment projects in area neighborhoods.
Rise Up Festival Main Stage Entertainment
/in Events, Rise Events /by Larry PerlmutterRISE UP FESTIVAL- Check Out the Main Stage Entertainment Schedule. Come and join us, it’s going to be a blast!
Click a link below to learn more about bands and acts performing at the festival. Papa Ray from KDHX will emcee and D.J. Alexis Tucci will be heatin’ it up during the intermission shows. The entertainment will be non-stop!
4:35 PM Bottoms Up Blues Gang
6 PM Jeremiah Johnson Band
7:30 PM St. Louis Hoop Club
7:50 PM Top of the World
8:35 PM Hoops show with fire!
8:50 PM Dirty Muggs
9:45 Hoops show with more fire!
10 PM Dirty Muggs
The festival takes place on Washington Avenue in the historic loft district from 4 PM to 11 PM.
Lemay Homes Groundbreaking – Hot Partnership!
/in Partner Information /by Larry PerlmutterThe Lemay Homes Groundbreaking took place on 7.28.2015 at 10 AM on a hot St. Louis summer morning. In fact, this has been hottest day of the year so far with temperatures topping out a 100 degrees! Like the temperature, the partnership between Rise and Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc.(LHP) is hot news! The cool portion of the event took place inside Hancock Place School District. The celebration commemorated the beginning of construction on Lemay Homes. Rise and LHP are co-developers on 40 new, single-family homes which will be affordable to families earning 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income.
Esteemed dignitaries included:
Honorable Bob Burns, MO State Representative, 94th District
Honorable Cloria Brown MO State Representative, 93rd District
Honorable Kevin O’Leary, St. Louis County, District 6
James M. Heard, St. Louis Field Office Director US. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Sheila Sweeney, Interim Chief Executive Officer St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Frank McHugh, Vice Chairman St. Louis Port Authority
Glenn Powers, Director of Planning St. Louis County
Brouk Sago, PNC Bank
Chris Hite, President Sugar Creek Capital
Dr. Phillip Mannhard, Chairman of Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc. Board of Directors
There were also a couple of representatives of Missouri Housing Development Commission in the audience. Stephen Acree, President of Rise and Reginald Scott, Executive Director of LHP served as Masters of Ceremonies. After the speakers, the group went to the work site across the street; donned hard hats and did the official groundbreaking. The event was well attended and everyone expressed their excitement about the importance of this development to the Lemay community. There was even an LHP cake, which was a huge hit! We’ll keep you updated and let you know about the grand opening and ribbon cutting. Thanks to all the partners and everyone who attended!
Rise and Lemay Housing Partnership to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for 40 New Single-Family Homes in Lemay
/in Partner Information, Rise News /by Larry PerlmutterRise Community Development (Rise) and Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc. (LHP) to Host Groundbreaking for Community Members at Hancock Place School District
Rise and LHP closed on this $9.0 million development with Missouri Housing Development Commission, St. Louis County, PNC Bank and Sugar Creek Capital.
The development features 36 three-bedroom homes and 4 four-bedroom homes with energy efficient appliances, functional floor plans, durable exterior finishes and at least one and a half baths. All of the homes will be built using sustainable design guidelines and will incorporate features of Universal Design.
The new single-family homes are affordable to families earning 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income.
All community members who wish to attend
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