POUGHKEEPSIE – Four groups have stepped forward with proposals for future uses of the former YMCA property on Montgomery Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.
Mayor Robert Rolison said Dutchess County Legislator Barbara Jeter Jackson of Poughkeepsie will chair a committee to explore the proposals further and engage the community.
“The most important part is the public component and let the community guide that process to get more detail and to flush these out – what they are going to try to accomplish, and what costs could potentially could be, what funding steams could be,” he said.
The proposals are:
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- The 35 Montgomery Community Coalition, proposing a multi-purpose facility to provide services connected to the respective missions of the participating groups.
- Andrew Gori and Ambre Kelly, co-founders of The They Co., proposing to establish a Poughkeepsie Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Christopher Bledsoe, aquatic consultant at Swimming Past the Boundaries, is proposing “The Swimming Past the Boundaries Aquatic Center.
- Artist Carolyn Hutchings Edlund is proposing an art museum.
