>> MAGGIE SMOLKA: GOOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I’M MAGGIE SMOLKA AND I’M HOWARD BERNSTEIN. >> IT’S SOMETHING I DID A LOT GROWING UP AND NOW IT’S COMING BACK TO CENTRAL PA AND MORE SPECIFICALLY JOHNSTOWN LOCATED INSIDE THE GALLERIA MALL. THE GOAL IS TO HELP WITH
REVITALIZATION WHILE GIVING KIDS A PLACE TO GO AND HAVE FUN. >> MAGGIE SMOLKA: OUR COURTNEY MURPHY BRINGS US MORE. >> WELL, IT’S AN EMPTY SPACE NOW IN A FEW MONTHS, THIS WILL BE A ROLLER SKATING RINK. CALL THE GLOW ROLLER AFTER DOING A SOCIAL MEDIA POLL, THE OWNER RECEIVED
AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IN THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE’VE GOTTEN THE AMOUNT OF LIKE PEOPLE WHO’VE SEEN IT SHARED IT. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST ASTRONOMICAL. SO WE’RE LIKE, WELL, I GUESS FOR DONUT PEOPLE CAN SKATE IN A 7,000 SQUARE-FOOT AREA. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE A CONCESSION STAND ARCADE GAMES
AND A DJ BOOTH FOR VISION HERE BASICALLY WAS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING BACK LIKE, YOU KNOW, JOHN, SOMETHING ALWAYS GREAT COST. YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY HERE IS JUST AMAZING. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO COME TOGETHER IN TIMES OF NEED AND >> YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY LOVES TO GET BACK TO WHAT WE
HAVE SO THAT’S KIND OF MY VISION IS TO GET BACK TO THE YOUTH HERE. >> AS WELL AS THE ADULTS, THE HOPE IS THAT IT BRINGS IN FAMILIES AND YOUTH WITH ITS ORIGINALITY AND AFFORDABLE PRICING. ONLY BRING ALL THE KIDS, THE PLANE PARENTS, THOUGH, BECAUSE THE KIDS HAVE
TO COME DRIVE WITH A PAIR. AND SO THE PENS, SAME TIME. >> YOU CAN WAIT FOR THE KIDS. YOU CAN DO THE SHOPPING. SO THIS IS MORE FUN FOR THEM. SO LIKE DOES HE CAN HAVE THE FAN GOING SHOPPING TOLD THE KIDS PLAY. KNOW WE’RE WE’RE PLANNING ON DOING $6, SKATE
RENTAL OR STATED MISSION HERE. >> WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR FAMILIES. SO IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OTHER PLACES YOU GO, YOU REALLY CAN’T GO FOR LESS THAN $100. SO THAT’S KIND OF WANT TO TARGET. WE WANT THIS TO BE AN OUTREACH FOR THE KIDS AND FOR WATCHING FOR THE KIDS IN THE
FAMILY’S THE RACE CAR AND OPENING DATE IS SET FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. BUT JACOB SAYS TO KEEP UP WITH
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