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National Night Out | Housing Affordability | This Weekend
Jack Caseo
July 19, 2024
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Happy Friday Poughkeepsie!
In today’s Poughkeepsie Weekly:
National Night Out 🚔️
Pattern for Progress - Housing Affordability 🏠️
This Weekend 🌞
Let’s get to it.
- Jack Caseo, Anna Conway, & Trevor Redl
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THE DIGEST
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, through its annual Out of Reach report, reveals that rental housing affordability and availability continue to worsen in 2024 🏘️
Impact on Local Economy
More families rely on public assistance and are staying in hotels.
Many households are relocating from the Hudson Valley to find more affordable living options.
Declining birth rates.
Workforce shortage.
Facing These Challenges the Report Recommends 📝
More flexible zoning to different types and sizes of housing to meet demand.
Affordability mandates that help tenants between 30-50% of the area’s median income. (2023 Dutchess County median household income: $94,578)
More funding for affordable housing. (NYS Pro Housing Communities - the City is currently designated a pro-housing community and the Town of Poughkeepsie is on a path to.)
“Tools that can alleviate the challenges of high land costs and taxes.”
Balanced tenant protections.
Furthermore, “Our focus on housing must be paired with an honest conversation about the systemic throttles that could be choking wages while housing costs skyrocket. To preserve our well-being and our quality of life, the region must welcome and encourage more housing, rather than opposing and protesting it. We must be open-minded about different kinds of housing, including co-ops, mobile homes, smaller homes on smaller lots, and housing that utilizes new building technologies. Our land-use boards must commit to a process that is rational, predictable, and relatively quick, all while protecting human and environmental health.”
National Night Out 🇺🇸🚔️
Join the City & Town of Poughkeepsie in the annual National Night Out on August 6th. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE USA
People USA is a peer-run mental health non-profit that creates, provides, and promotes its own, innovative crisis response and wellness services. Being peer-run means that all their services are developed and operated by people who have personally overcome mental health issues, addiction, or trauma. This makes them a valuable addition and alternative to the traditional behavioral health care system.
People USA’s unique, peer-led models are proven to significantly reduce hospital utilization, incarceration rates, and overall healthcare spending. Learn more.
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND
Explore our Community Calendar events by clicking “Community Calendar” in the header navigation bar on our website.
Upstate Art Weekend in Poughkeepsie🎨 - Click here for events across the Hudson Valley.
PUF Studios - 8 N Cherry Street, Poughkeepsie.
Saturday from 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Dance and Drumming at 488 Main St.
Sunday from 12:00 - 4:00 PM: Hands-on Workshops at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Trolley Barn Gallery- 489 Main Street, Poughkeepsie.
Friday from 12:00 - 2:20 PM: Community Clean Up and LIVE! with Dr. Jane Lucas: Beneath Our Felicrobes from 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Saturday from 12:00 - 4:00 PM: Community Art Workshop with Nature's Impact.
Friday, July 19th
8:30 - 10:00 PM:Walkway Over the Hudson at Night. Click here to learn more. |  |
7:00 PM: Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College - The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets.
Saturday, July 20th
3:00 PM: New York Stage & Film - Well Well Well.Click here for details and to purchase tickets for this event.
4:30 PM:New York Stage & Film - Saturday Club - Weekend 1. Click here for details and to purchase tickets for this event.
5:00 - 9:00 PM: VFWSummer Jam 2024 Featuring Peregrination and Azulado. 1 Violet Ave, Poughkeepsie.More details.
5:00 - 9:00 PM: Full Moon Music Series at Plan Bee Farm Brewery.Click here.
7:00 PM: Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College - The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets.
7:30 - 10:00 PM: Movies Under the Walkway in Upper Landing Park - Kung Fu Panda 4. More details. |  |
7:45 PM & 10:30 PM:Tickets.
Sunday, July 21st
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Eastdale Village Farmers Market.
10:00 AM: New York Stage & Film - Ride the Party Bus.Click here for details and to purchase tickets for this event.
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM: Magazzino Italiano Tour at Gallery 40.More details.
 | 12:00 - 12:30 PM:Flag Changing Ceremony at the Walkway Over the Hudson. More details. |
7:00 PM: Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College - The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets.
7:30 PM: Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College - Marathon. Tickets.
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CIVIL NEWS⚖️
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Board Meeting - August 7th
City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Meeting - August 20th
The City of Poughkeepsie is looking for residents interested in serving on the Zoning Board of Appeals and Shade Tree Commission. If you are interested in serving on the ZBA or Shade Tree Commission, please send your resume and/or a detailed letter of interest outlining why you would like to serve in this capacity to [email protected] by Friday, August 16th. Learn more.
The Town of Poughkeepsie Citizens Committee on Housing Affordability has released a housing survey to gather essential feedback from town residents. This survey is a critical step in the committee's mission to produce recommendations to enhance housing affordability in Poughkeepsie. Fill out the survey here.
Catch Up with Supervisor Rebecca Edwards! Back in May, she was featured in Spectrum News's “Know Your Electeds”. Click here.
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WEATHER
Friday
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Saturday
84 🌡️ 60 | ☁️
Sunday
86 🌡️ 65 | ⛅️
LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY LOWDOWN🎤
*Know of a live music event we missed? Let us know!
Friday
Millbrook Winery | Mighty Flynn | 5-8 PM
Shatzis Pub | Rubixx | 6 PM
Pizza E Birra | Lucky House | 6 -9 PM
The Bar on West & Main | Live Music | 6 - 9 PM
Joseph’s Italian Steakhouse | Kevin Kennedy | 6:30 PM
Towne Crier Cafe | Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi’s | 6:30 PM
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College | The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets. | 7 PM
Noochs | James Patrick | 7-10 PM
Rhinbeck Performing Arts | Guys & Dolls | 8 PM. Tickets.
Daryls House | Forever Tina | 8 PM
Blue Collar Brewery | Next Stop Comedy | 8 - 9:30 PM
Towne Crier Cafe | Tribute to Luther “Guitar Jr” Johnson | 8:30 PM
Saturday
Daryls House | Brunch: KP Hawthorn | 12 PM
Daryls House | Matt Compito | 3 PM
Millbrook Winery | The North Jazz Project | 5:30-7:30 PM Tickets.
Juan Murphy’s | Lil’ Bones
Towne Crier Cafe | Robert Tellefsen Band | 6 PM
The Bar on West & Main | Live Music | 6 - 9 PM
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College | The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets. | 7 PM
Rhinbeck Performing Arts | Guys & Dolls | 8 PM. Tickets.
Daryls House | Joshua Hedley | 8 PM
Towne Crier Cafe | Broken Arrow | 8:30 PM
Sunday
Towne Crier Cafe | The Lake Trio | 11:30 AM
Daryls House | Brunch: Alex Radus & Dan Strauss | 12 PM
Cunneen-Hackett Theatre | Ballet Collective | 2 PM
Daryls House | Jeff Przech | 3 PM
Juan Murphy’s | The Kevin Kennedy Connection | 3 - 6 PM
Mid Hudson Discovery Museum Pavilion | Rae Simone & The Fellas | 4 PM
Joseph’s Italian Steakhouse | The Harvest Duo | 4:30 - 7:30 PM
Rhinbeck Performing Arts | Guys & Dolls | 6 PM. Tickets.
Towne Crier Cafe | Bill Sadler, Debbie Lan, & Steve Kirkman | 6:30 PM
Daryls House | The Skatalites | 7 PM
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College | The Taming of the Shrew. Tickets. | 7 PM
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College | Marathon. Tickets. | 7:30 PM
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