April 8th, 2021 the Cypress Community Festival Association announced its new dates and times for the Reimagined 40th Annual Cypress Community Festival. The event, which usually happens in late July will now be moved to the fall. The Cypress Community Festival will take place on Friday, October 8th from 6pm – 9pm and Saturday, October 9th from 2pm – 10pm.
“The new and improved Festival, which will now happen over two days, has been redesigned to allow us to reconnect with the entire Cypress community,” Chair Jimmy Fuller said. He continued, “Our team is putting in countless hours to have a new map, expanded hours, central food hall and a completely revamped kids and teen area. Of course, though, we are keeping our traditions alive with the various vendor/craft booths and the chili cook off, salsa competition and car show.”
Suzanne Burks is a business developer, an innovative thinker and a philanthropic strategist. She s also a relationship builder. She began her career right here in Twin Cities with General Mills and over a 20-year period, worked her way up from a summer intern through a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, emerging as a director of General Mills Foundation and as executive director of ethnic community relations.
She s now back in town to lead the legacy institution, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC). Her goal: rebuild and rebrand, moving the organization forward with a new strategic direction by introducing new program initiatives and at the same time, honoring the power of longevity and legacy by planning PWCCâs 100th Anniversary.