HYPERLOCAL NEWS HUB BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
CY residents hope to prosper from Cooper Young Festival
Donald Fowler, CY resident
September 12, 2011
Vivian Haynes/MicroMemphis reporter
Memphis - For Cooper Young resident, Donald Fowler, the Cooper Young Festival is his favorite time of the year.
"I've been living here for 24 years now and there is nothing like the people, the music, and the food that the festival brings out every year," said Donald.
Fowler lives on the corner of Cooper and Blythe and last year he participated in the festival, as a resident, by simply selling bottled water to the people walking by. This year, however, he plans to use the CY Fest to his advantage and sell slabs of granite that has been stored in his garage.
"It is going to be my late or rather early spring cleaning."
The slabs of granite will be sold for $35 each and they range in colors. Donald says you can use them for a cutting board or even for remodling a small coffee table.
Vivian Haynes/MicroMemphis reporter
Memphis - For Cooper Young resident, Donald Fowler, the Cooper Young Festival is his favorite time of the year.
"I've been living here for 24 years now and there is nothing like the people, the music, and the food that the festival brings out every year," said Donald.
Fowler lives on the corner of Cooper and Blythe and last year he participated in the festival, as a resident, by simply selling bottled water to the people walking by. This year, however, he plans to use the CY Fest to his advantage and sell slabs of granite that has been stored in his garage.
"It is going to be my late or rather early spring cleaning."
The slabs of granite will be sold for $35 each and they range in colors. Donald says you can use them for a cutting board or even for remodling a small coffee table.
On Cooper, right across the street from Donald, his neighbors, Betty Petyon, Peggy Felsenthal, and Rita DeWeese, have the same concept for the CY Festival, but instead of granite, they are selling painting collections. "We have studies of work we have accumulated over the years and we feel that selling them in the festival is the best way to part with them," said Betty. Some of the collections include everything from fruits, beaches, flowers, and abstract art. The paintings will vary in prices from $5 - $50. "Aside from all of the other artists and pictures available, we just wanted to contribute something that will help people remember their experience of the CY Fest but for a reasonable price," said Rita. Donald and his neighbors will begin their sale the day the festivities start, September 17 at 9:00 a.m. and you can see them on the corner of Cooper and Blythe. "Come on by," said Donald. |