Raleigh Retirement Community News From The Cypress of Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. – Regina Driesbach, executive director of The Cypress of Raleigh (www.thecypressofraleigh.com), has announced that The Cypress will participate in the Triangle Memory Walk on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Regency Park in Cary. The Triangle Memory Walk helps raise money and awareness of Alzheimer's disease and to enhance quality of life for those who live [...]
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10/06/2009 - The Cypress Of Raleigh Taps MMI Associates, Inc. For Public Relations Services

RALEIGH, N.C. – Patty Briguglio, president of MMI Associates, Inc. (www.mmimarketing.com), a Raleigh-based full-service public relations firm, has announced that the firm has been named the public relations agency of record for The Cypress of Raleigh (www.thecypressofraleigh.com). The Cypress of Raleigh is a premier continuing care retirement community that combines a vibrant active lifestyle with easy access to quality, on-site health [...]
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10/06/2009 - The Cypress Of Raleigh Celebrates One Year Anniversary

RALEIGH, N.C. – Mark Andrews, managing member of The Cypress of Raleigh (www.thecypressofraleigh.com), has announced the community will celebrate its one year anniversary Monday, Sept. 14 through Friday, Sept. 18. The Cypress will host week long events that will include a 1950s themed party and sock hop, as well as a book signing by General H. Hugh Shelton, USA (R), 14th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of [...]
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10/06/2009 - The Cypress of Raleigh Member Joe Whitehead Earns J. Leon Lascoff Memorial Award

RALEIGH, N.C. – Regina Driesbach, executive director of The Cypress of Raleigh (www.thecypressofraleigh.com), has announced that Cypress member, Joe Whitehead will be honored with the J. Leon Lascoff Memorial Award for outstanding service and contributions to health care with special emphasis on pharmacy services, the highest award given by the American College of Apothecaries. The award will be presented at the ACA/ACVP Annual [...]
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09/08/2009 - Cypress Hires Brian Strausbaugh

Regina Driesbach, executive director of The Cypress of Raleigh (www. thecypressofraleigh.com), has announced that Brian Strausbaugh has joined the organization as the director of community life services. In his new position, Strausbaugh will select, plan, coordinate and direct a wide scope of wellness programs to include physical fitness, social, intellectual, recreational, cultural, [...]
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09/08/2009 - Congressman David Price Visits The Cypress of Raleigh

Mark Andrews, managing member of The Cypress of Raleigh (www. thecypressofraleigh.com), has announced that Congressman David Price visited The Cypress campus on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Congressman. Price spoke to The Cypress residents and held a question and answer session. He represents' North Carolina's [...]
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05/08/2009 - First Housing Markets to Heal?

With the latest S&P/Case Shiller report showing that home prices are declining less rapidly in some markets, some economists and analysts are gaining more confidence that a bottom is forming in the U.S. housing market.

So, when will the healing begin? It depends on where you live. [...]
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02/09/2009 - There's no housing slump at The Cypress

RALEIGH – Bob and Martha Leak have been waiting since early October to move into their new condominium at The Cypress of Raleigh, the first continuing care retirement community to open in Raleigh in 24 years.

02/06/2009 - Fine Dining For Retirees

Chefs leaving restaurants for jobs in senior communities
By Andrea Weigl - Staff writer
Published: Sun, Feb. 01, 2009

Chef Oscar La Fuente is slicing carpaccio -- only he's not using beef but two pieces of salmon and tuna, stacked on top of one another, frozen and rolled into a cylinder.

The result is razor-thin spirals of pink-hued fish that are laid in overlapping spirals on a narrow white [...]
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05/09/2008 - People Spotlight: Regina Driesbach, Executive Director of The Cypress of Raleigh

RALEIGH — Regina Driesbach likes to think of her place of employment as a community with a country club feel.

The place is The Cypress of Raleigh and it's the newest continuing care retirement community in Raleigh. Driesbach serves as its executive director and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the community.

Her responsibilities are to oversee the operation and [...]
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01/26/2007 - Work set to begin on retirement community

By JAVIER SERNA, Staff Writer

RALEIGH — In the next few weeks, heavy machinery should begin moving in earnest at the site of the old Wayward Farm on Strickland Road.

Developers of The Cypress of Raleigh, a continuing care facility, say the project is a go — the permits have been issued, the land is prepped and extension of Harvest Oaks Drive is almost finished.

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11/02/2005 - A little help around the house

The couple, both in their early 70s, have lived in the same house in the North Ridge subdivision for 31 years. They go to church in the neighborhood and many of [...]
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10/08/2004 - Continuing-care facility planned in Wake

A team of local developers and a South Carolina company plan to build a $120 million retirement community on 48 acres in North Raleigh, hoping to appeal to Wake County's fast-growing senior population.

The Cypress of [...]
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06/01/2004 - Home for Sale: Luxury Kitchen, Whirlpool, Hospital Access

Reprinted from THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004
Copyright (c) 2004, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

New Developments Offer Both Equity Ownership And Long-Term Health Care

ITS BETTER TO OWN than to rent. That's the sentiment driving a growing movement in retirement living: luxury [...]
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