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s e r v i n g tay l or , ol d f or g e , moosic & surrounding areas triborobanner.com | february 2, 2017
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GettinG Main Street in Shape
Small business in Moosic reducing blight By Josh McAuliffe
Lutkowski had been looking at potential sites for his business for some time when sPeciAl To The TRiBoRo BANNeR he happened upon the property at 729 Main, which once housed J.P.’s Bar. The Carl Lutkowski took his passion for property, Lutkowski said, was in deplorable fitness and built a business out of it. In the process, he also tidied up his little corner of condition. “It was in really bad shape,” Lutkowski Moosic. said. “My dad and I pretty much did all of Lutkowski and his wife, Stacey, are the owners of C&S Athletic Club, which for the the work ourselves. We completely gutted past three years has operated out of a space the place. It took a good year to totally finish it.” at 729 Main St. in the borough. Mostly through word of mouth, C & S Business is good at the fitness center, so has progressively grown into a sustainable Lutkowski is now looking to branch out. He business. The fitness center offers all of the recently purchased the abandoned house things your typical gym does, from free next door at 725 Main St. with plans of demolishing it and building a new addition weights and cardio machines to a variety of classes. Recent additions to the fitness cento the business. ter’s repertoire include cycling and Pulse “The facility is small now. We’re kind of training, in which participants are hooked outgrowing it,” Lutkowski said. “Moosic up to an app that tracks their heart rate borough has been great to deal with. and calories burned, among other things. They’re excited about what we’re doing. Where Lutkowski thinks he and his We’re just trying to create a better feel for fellow trainers set themselves apart is the whole community.” through offering “one-on-one training” for A longtime fitness devotee, Lutkowski all clientele. had been working as a personal trainer at “It’s a little more structured here. You another gym for years when he decided to get a little more of a personal feel,” he strike out on his own. (His wife, a teacher said. “We try to create a family feel for our in the Western Wayne School District, is members.” also a personal trainer.) Lutkowski trains a lot of teenage athletes from the Old Forge, Riverside and Scranton school districts. That said, it’s not just “sport-specific” training, he said. “We try to do everything here,” he said. TS_CNG/TRIBORO/PAGES [T01] | 02/01/17
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From left: Stacey Lutkowski, Carl Jr., Peyton and Carl Sr.
“We’re not just for athletes.” As the business continues to grow and expand, Lutkowski has designs on diversifying his clientele to include more middleaged and senior members. At the same time, he wants to ensure the fitness center retains its personal touch. And, of course, he wants to do right by the community. As he sees it, any upgrades
to the borough’s business district can only be beneficial for the town. “We’re all about cleaning up Main Street in Moosic and creating a better look,” Lutkowski said. “I like the fact that we’re cleaning up the borough. I think the other businesses will appreciate it, too. And, really, the more businesses in that area, the better.”
The abandoned building to the left of C&S will soon be torn down to make way for expansion.