Rise

Every neighborhood
needs a square.

Rise is where your neighborhood meets. Speak your mind, hear your neighbors, lend a hand. Now gathering across Vancouver.

Step into the square Free. Just your email.
The Rise sunrise mark

The square for Vancouver's
neighborhoods.

What happens in the square

No outrage feeds. No shouting into the void. Just neighbors.

1 · Speak

Say it over the fence

A minute in your own words, spoken or typed. Nothing is shared until you say so.

2 · Gather

Neighbors echo what rings true

Your words reach the people nearby, under your name. Agreement is counted, not argued.

3 · See

The neighborhood takes shape

Every voice adds to an honest picture of where your neighborhood stands. One worth sharing.

Built on the oldest rule there is: love thy neighbor.

Most apps compete for your attention. Rise is built to make your street feel like a neighborhood.

Come as yourself

Names, not handles.

Kindness by design

Echo what rings true. Skip what doesn't. No pile-ons.

Look out for each other

Small help, freely given, close to home.

Rolling out neighborhood by neighborhood

Need a hand? Have one to offer?

The Neighbor Board is for the small stuff neighborhoods are made of: a couch to move, a dog to walk, help after school. Post it, then sort it out in a private chat, neighbor to neighbor.

  • “Anyone free Saturday to help move a couch two blocks?”Ask · Mount Pleasant
  • “Retired teacher here. Happy to tutor math after school.”Offer · Riley Park
  • “Our dog needs a lunchtime walk on weekdays.”Ask · Kitsilano

A square you can trust

These aren't settings. They're how Rise is built.

  • Your address stays yours. You share a neighborhood, never a street address.
  • No ads. No data sales. No tracking. Your email signs you in. That's all it's for.
  • Named to neighbors, anonymous to the world. Anything published outside the app carries no names.
  • Verification without surveillance. One in-the-moment check. Coordinates are never stored.

About Rise

Rise ("Rise: Neighborhood Voice") is built and operated by People Ventures Inc., an independent British Columbia company in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

We're starting where we live: Vancouver, one local area at a time. The people closest to a problem are usually the last ones asked. Rise exists to change who gets heard.

On the web today. An app on your phone. App stores next.

Get in touch

General & support: hello@rhaeize.com

People Ventures Inc.
British Columbia, Canada

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There's a spot in the square for you.

Rise is new. The square fills one neighbor at a time, and the first ones shape it.

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