Poughkeepsie crew installs
first new banner

POUGHKEEPSIE – Fifteen new street pole banners that stretch six
feet tall are going to grace poles on Poughkeepsie’s Middle Main
Street as part of the initiative in that area.

The first banner was erected at the corner of Main and North Cherry streets
on Tuesday.

The pole banners build on the initiative’s Vacant to Vibrant campaign,
said Emma Flynn, neighborhood marketer for the Ameri-Vista Middle Main
Initiative.

“It is one of our strategies to highlight the businesses that exist
in the neighborhood and also create a more vibrant feeling in that area,”
she said.
All 15 banners, to be placed on street poles, are sponsored by local
businesses and organizations and are aimed at building community pride
and sense of place.