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WILKES-BARRE — Businessman and former dragster driver Joe Amato told his story Friday morning to about 100 people gathered at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Executive Management Forum at Genetti Hotel and Conference Center in the city’s downtown.
And it was his $5 million downtown investment Amato talked about most. He revealed that Judd Shoval of Kingston is moving his business — Ambit and Shoval — to the theater complex on East Northampton Street and that only three other retail spots remain vacant.
Shoval did not return messages left on his cellphone and at his business. will release more information on his plans next week, Amato said.
“Downtown Wilkes-Barre has a pulse,” he said. “It has a sense of direction. More than 400,000 people go to the movies every year and use the parking garage. We have to get them outside to the street and patronize the businesses there.”
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