There are millions of dollars being invested downtown by property developers and small business owners, some Johnstown natives and transplants.

Reggie Canal, a financial advisor in New Jersey, began to see clients investing in Johnstown property. Johnstown excited him. He jumped into what he saw as the path of progress by purchasing a building in April 2020, a block away from the center of town.

Among developments happening in Johnstown are multiple restaurants, apartments and offices. But the paint is drying on a new day-care center downtown, too.

Chad McLaren and Austin Hoffman bought a home  in July, and they have plans to help prevent Johnstown from losing more of its historic residential nature.

Johnstown’s history is shining brighter as old buildings see new investment and activity downtown.

Amid momentum of development downtown, there's also a lot of square footage for which there is with no answer yet. The six-story Penn Traffic building constructed in 1908 on Washington Street is one of those buildings.

Progress is building across downtown Johnstown, with a parade of projects in development – exciting initiatives that are bringing to the city an array of retail and housing centers while preserving historic structures and introducing new investors to the marketplace.

In a two-day project – Downtown Development – business reporter Russell O'Reilly explores numerous new and future projects that are changing t…

Johnstown is poised for growth. Between the recent $24.5 million winning RAISE application and the $33 million stimulus package, we find ourselves on the doorstep of a new era.

Friends Charnell Day and Sarah Reynolds did their best to round up their children during Friday's Hometown Christmas Stroll and Light Up Night in downtown Johnstown, but the youngsters' excitement could barely be contained.