Shopping and Business

Poughkeepsie prides itself on a panoply of shops, markets and energetic small businesses. From carpet venders to Poughkeepsie florists to coffee shops, the city streets are filled with the hum and life of small-town commerce. While there are certainly gift shops for tourists seeking knick-knacks to bring home to their children, Poughkeepsie also features up-scale ladies boutiques and men stores for serious shoppers. So, up-town New York City dwellers never fear! Poughkeepsie provides something for visitors from every walk-of-life. Tourists can partake in shopping without the elbowing and cajoling of big-city markets. The area is, however, no stranger to big business; it is home to the large computer corporation, IBM, continually providing Poughkeepsie jobs, renewing and reviving the commerce and population around Poughkeepsie.