SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some Easter season "hopping" took on a different meaning in the Electric City. Nearly two dozen participating businesses, including the boutique Burlap & Bourbon, took part on Saturday in what's called Hop Around Downtown.
The event encouraged customers to check out spring lines of merchandise and do a little shopping for easter.
One merchant who has been making and assembling eyeglasses for 45 years sees the importance of how this could help build up the customer base.
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"We have people that have supported us in the past and continue to support us. You get some new ones, you keep adding," Businessman Tom Grudis with the Tom Grudis Optical & The Bare Accessories stated.
The non-profit Scranton Tomorrow sponsored Saturday's Hop Around Downtown in the Electric City.
