The banks of the Rondout Creek are now full of culture and history. The Kingston Maritime Museum is located there, as are retail shops, sit-down restaurants, delicatessens, and numerous docks and marinas. There is an active movement in Kingston to restore a lighthouse in the Rondout Creek. Today cities along the Hudson, including Poughkeepsie, are taking hints from cities like Kingston. The City of Poughkeepsie has generated a plan for renewing its waterfront district.
Drafts are in the making to build more hotels, restaurants, marinas, and parks.
They want ice, bait, boating items, food, and a phone. He believes that the construction of a small, transient marina would benefit all waterfront businesses in Poughkeepsie, by establishing the city as a boaters' stop. Throughout 1999, the city has been steadily privatizing abandoned lots for development. This Bronx-based corporation was selected after many bids to draw the blueprints, which may determine the map of Poughkeepsie in years to come. Along with businesses, cultural attractions are also in the works.