Accomplishments & Community Involvement

The Rise Young Professionals have many accomplishments and milestones since the inception of the group in 2013. Here are a few highlights:

• Raised roughly $36,000 for Rise through fundraising events such as trivia nights, pub crawls and other social events.
• In 2019, began a collaboration with Cornerstone & Dutchtown South Community Corporation to assist in providing a technical assistance implementation plan.
• Provided a neighborhood marketing plan/document capturing the history and development market of both the St. Louis Place and JeffVanderLou neighborhoods for the North Newstead Association
• Provided Rise with substantial assistance in preparing $30 Million New Markets Tax Credit Application.
• Assisted Rise and Cornerstone Corporation in conducting a survey of 2,500 parcels within the footprint of their community planning effort in the West End and Visitation Park.
• Volunteered for the ‘Clean Sweep’ event in JeffVanderLou, a community-based cleaning effort.
• Hosted a social event at the Griot Museum of Black History.
• Organized a walking tour through the historic St. Louis Place neighborhood, hosted by renown local historian and preservationist, Michael Allen.
• Hosted a guest speaker series with Julius B. Anthony,  a native of the JVL neighborhood and Founder and President of St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature Initiative
• Assisted the Landmarks Association in their parcel survey of properties within the redevelopment plan in the Northside.