RYSE

Ooop! We've hit capacity. Thank you, fam. 🙌🏾

For those who've locked in, see you Saturday!

Bringing a unique, but much-needed project like RYSE Creative Village to fruition requires a significant collaborative effort. When completed, it will not only spur economic development, but also economic empowerment within the Venetian Hills and surrounding Southwest Atlanta community. It will create jobs, support individuals participating in the creator economy, and connect community members to real opportunities.
 
We are thankful to have an ally in Develop Fulton, who has demonstrated their commitment to our vision and mission, not only in words, but more importantly in actions. 🙌

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Someone recently told us: “We’ve been waiting on you.”

That landed. Because we’ve been moving behind the scenes — but our updates went quiet, as we buried ourselves digging into the work.

Along the way, we've been dealing with some good, some bad, and some ugly, and it's long past time we shared a bit with our TRYBE.

The Good:

✅ Secured some additional funding for the project from the Fulton County Development Authority.
✅ We are solidifying a strategic alliance with Georgia Tech's Creative Quarter.
✅ Georgia Power selected our site for the installation of EV charging stations as part of their 'Make Ready' program.
✅  We are semi-finalists in the 2025 Black Ambition Prize found by Pharrell Williams. We are now part of the Black Ambition family.

The Bad:

🚧 We hit construction delays when our general contractor walked off the job in the middle of construction. Raise your hand if you've ever dealt with a bad contractor. 🤚🏾

The Ugly:

🤬This M**O stole some of our material we paid for when he abandoned the site.

Back to the Good:

As we know, one monkey doesn't stop the show. We are back in motion. We bid the project back out to a number of highly recommended contractors and are resetting our sights on a Q1 2026 Phase 1 opening — and we are double down on getting everything back in action. 🕺🏾

👥 Many have been asking to tour the site, so we are coordinating a series of site tours while under construction. Hit our DM's if you would like to get on the list for our scheduled site visits.

There's more to share, but we first wanted to let you know we are still here and we are still RYSING! Thank you to those who have continued to rock with us, and Thank you to that person who had to remind us, WHO and WHAT this was all about, Our TRYBE who are waiting for us! 💪🏾

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