Pleasant CityRising, Inc.

Rooted in Pleasant City • West Palm Beach, Florida

Our legacy lives here.
Our future starts now.

We are residents, neighbors, and advocates working together to restore Pleasant City’s historic character and create a safer, stronger, more connected community.

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Our Story

Born from love for the neighborhood that raised us.

Pleasant City is more than a place on a map. It is Palm Beach County’s first Black neighborhood—a community built through courage, culture, family, and pride.

Pleasant City Rising was founded by longtime resident and community advocate Marrisa Davis after returning to the neighborhood and seeing both its challenges and its untapped promise. What began as documenting problems and demanding action grew into years of hands-on advocacy for safer streets, cleaner public spaces, stronger resources, and responsible development.

Today, we are turning that work into a lasting community-led organization—one that honors the people who built Pleasant City and makes sure longtime residents have a voice in what comes next.

Marrisa Marrisa Davis-Martin
Founder, Pleasant City Rising
Marrisa Davis-Martin, founder of Pleasant City Rising
Marrisa Davis-Martin, Founder

Community in Action

Neighbors showing up for neighbors.

Local vendors and residents gathered at a Pleasant City outdoor community market
Supporting local connection and opportunity
Community leaders serving meals to Pleasant City families
Serving families with dignity and care
West Palm Beach leaders volunteering at a Pleasant City community event
Building partnerships that serve residents

What We’re Building

A neighborhood rising on its own terms.

Our work connects residents, public agencies, businesses, and community partners around practical improvements that people can see and feel.

01

Safer Streets

Advocating for responsive enforcement, nuisance abatement, private security partnerships, and safe public spaces for families.

02

Neighborhood Pride

Supporting cleanups, fencing, landscaping, beautification, and homeowner-centered programs that restore pride block by block.

03

Resident Opportunity

Connecting neighbors to workforce development, youth enrichment, reentry support, local resources, and pathways to stability.

04

Responsible Growth

Championing investment that respects Pleasant City’s history, includes resident voices, and creates shared community benefit.

Our Commitment

Progress should never require erasing the people who made this community home.

We believe preservation and progress can live side by side. Pleasant City can welcome thoughtful investment while protecting its history, strengthening its residents, and keeping the community’s voice at the center.

We don’t just speak about Pleasant City.
We live here. We serve here. We rise here.

Community Partners

Real change takes all of us.

We welcome partnerships with local businesses, developers, foundations, public agencies, faith communities, and neighbors who believe in a thriving Pleasant City.

Become a Partner Support Our Work

Ways to stand with us

  • Sponsor a community initiative
  • Volunteer your time or expertise
  • Provide in-kind goods or services
  • Fund neighborhood programs

Get Involved

Let’s build what’s next—together.

Whether you live in Pleasant City, represent a local organization, or simply believe in community-led change, we want to hear from you.

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