This week’s Feature Friday is a place where you’ll not only find a great cup of coffee, but good company and good conversation as well! The Ugly Mug on Market Street in Poughkeepsie is an awesome local space where people can come together. With a wide selection of locally sourced coffee, tea, and snacks, and…

For this week’s Feature Friday we are so excited to introduce the winner our Youth MC Search, Miguel Sanchez! Miguel will be our guest MC at PKGO Getters this Tuesday! We are so excited to have him joining us for this event, and we can’t wait to see you all there! Check out this message…

This week we wanted to highlight Jessica O. Matthews as our Feature Friday! She grew up in Poughkeepsie and graduated from Lourdes High School. Since then she has been doing some pretty amazing things! Jessica is the Founder & CEO of Uncharted Power, an award-winning energy and data technology company that develops infrastructure solutions for…

Today’s Feature Friday is someone who truly loves our city and works to help it thrive. Thanks Don Minichino for sharing about your love of Poughkeepsie! My connection to PK: I grew up visiting PK for its night life – clubs, bars, open-mic nights. I moved here nearly 5 years ago to become a more…

This week for Feature Friday we want to give Poughkeepsie Farm Project a huge shout out for all they do. Their highly diversified urban farm, located at the Vassar Ecological Preserve in the City of Poughkeepsie, is the home of all their programming. On twelve Certified Naturally Grown acres, they train future farmers in sustainable…

Today’s Feature Friday has been a part of Poughkeepsie for over a century. The Adriance Memorial library was given to the city of Poughkeepsie by the Adriance family, who ran a successful farm equipment company in Poughkeepsie. John and Mary Adriance’s six children donated $100,000 from the fortune he made developing the buckeye plow to…

This week’s Feature Friday is a non-profit community organization that is dedicated to enriching our area through arts and cultural events. The Mid Hudson Heritage Center operates Art Centro, The Historic Glebe House, PUF Studios, and the Trolley Barn. These four locations throughout Poughkeepsie offer art exhibitions in two gallery spaces, lectures, author readings, workshops,…

This week’s Feature Friday is working hard to make changes and help our community grow and flourish. Earth, Wind & Fuego, LLC is a woman owned business founded by Madeline Henriquez & Jen Herman in 2017. They committed their journey’s to health and healing and discovered that changing their lifestyle, including nutrition, supported their body…

Feature Friday: Have you ever eaten at Hefzi-Ba Restaurant & Buffet? Located on Academy Street, this restaurant not only serves delicious Mexican food, but also a space for people to gather and feel at home. Dilia said that when she first came to Poughkeepsie she did not think she would end up loving the city…

Feature Friday: Dutchess Outreach’s mission is to act as a catalyst for community revitalization and exists in Dutchess County as an advocate and provider of hunger and relief services in order to ensure that everyone, regardless of income, has access to fresh, healthy food, and the support they need. By offering programs like the Poughkeepsie…