Great Impasta owner honored for commitment to downtown

CHAMPAIGN – Harold Allston expects to move The Great Impasta to a new location next year, but the Champaign Downtown Association wants him to know how much it has appreciated his being downtown.

The Champaign restaurateur is the association's 2008 recipient of the Seely Johnston Downtown Commitment Award.

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