Every neighborhood
needs a square.
Rise is where your neighborhood meets. Speak your mind, hear your neighbors, lend a hand. Now gathering across Vancouver.
The square for Vancouver's
neighborhoods.
What happens in the square
No outrage feeds. No shouting into the void. Just neighbors.
Say it over the fence
A minute in your own words, spoken or typed. Nothing is shared until you say so.
Neighbors echo what rings true
Your words reach the people nearby, under your name. Agreement is counted, not argued.
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.
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.
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.
Step into the square