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Vol. XX, No. 3 Spring Lake Park, Minnesota September 1997 Rise breaks ground on new building in Anoka; will house D T&H services The sun shone high and bright on the morning of August 13 when a group of more than 100 people gathered to "break ground" on Rise's new pro- gram service building in the Anoka Enterprise Park. The building, located at 1130 Lund Blvd., will be 12,495 square feet and ready for occupancy in Novem- ber 1997. It will house Ris e's Anoka Community Integra- tion Program (CtP), a day training and habilitation (DT&H) program for people with severe developmen- tal, physical, and sensory disabilities. With its headquarters remaining at the original site on Sunset Road in Spring Lake Park, Rise has now expanded the number of Rise office and facility locations to fourteen. Rise leases building space in sites through- out Anoka, Hennepin, and Ramsey Counties as well as Lindstrom in Chisago County and St. Cloud in North Central Minnesota. Rise has been wanting to expand services in Anoka for several years. Last year administrators from Anoka County's Health and Human Services Depart- ment approached Rise with an expressed interest and imminent need for additional service options to be offered in the Anoka area. The planning started to take shape. "Anoka County Health and Human Services does an excellentj ob of proactive servi ce planning, especially for those with high needs," said Lynn Noren, chief operating officer of Pdse's Day Training and Habilitation CDT&H) Services. "The county's five-year plan identifies upcoming graduates with developmental disabilities who will need services. County staff Jan Johnson, Denny Herzog, and Dave Podvin were able to correctly predict that current - Co/ttimted on Fage .19 -- Many C]? participants were on hand for the August ceremony and helped "break the ground" with s~vecially s~lated shovels ]oro- vided by Dailey Construction, the general contractor for the building project. Among those )9articij~ating were (from left): Lita Sargent, a CIP partici)vant, .President John Barrett, Board Chairman Jack Grunewatd, Anoka County Commissioner and former Rise Board mem bet Margaret Langfeld, Rise Board Member Curt Martinson, andJenetle Medin, a C]? participant. I I I I I I I I I I I