FLAG Mainstreets Program

FLAG – the Freeport Leechburg Apollo Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday for their new office in the historic Shoop building in Freeport.  FLAG is a unique Main Street program, dedicated to revitalizing 3 joined communities.

Photo: L-R: Arthur Ziegler, President, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation; George Nicksic, Sen. Ferlo’s Office; Rich Fink, Armstrong County Commissioner; Jim Seagriff, President, Freeport Borough Council; Dave Farkas, Main Street Regional Coordinator, FLAG and Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

John Shoop, an ACCF board member whose family ran the J.H. Shoop men’s clothing store in this building for 175 years, stands behind one of the original shop counters in the newly remodeled space.