If I may - it is a LED Flag. This new LED sign actually replaced a "neon" American Flag sculpture, made of flourescent light bulbs. I am proud to have been part of this project. The real beauty of the project, other than the flags themselves, are the people who were in involved with the construction. Herkimer Industries,
Herkimer ARC’s work center, had people with developmental disabilities measuring and cutting all the wiring harnesses for the flags, as well as Veterans who were hired to work on site at Fiberdyne Labs' manufacturing facility and also be involved with the removal and installation of the new flags in Times Square. This project was an innovative collaboration between an 8A business, the national AbilityOne program (NISH), commercial partner (Fiberdyne), and Herkimer Industries. This is a great indication of the synergies possible between the
for-profit sector and the not-for-profit community in creating job opportunities in support of economic recovery for all concerned.