Sports & Recreation

Fitness franchisee doubles down in Richmond

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For its third outpost in the Richmond market, a national fitness brand is hopping into Midlothian. Pure Barre, a brand of ballet barre fitness studios, is opening a new location at 1282 Alverser Plaza Drive, just off Huguenot Road. Franchisees Sarah Love and Robin Moncol have leased the 2,200-square-foot space formerly home to Café Caturra…. Read more »

Bubble trouble: Soccer complex eyes upgrades after blizzard

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Call it Mother Nature: 1, giant bubble: zero. Last month’s blizzard meant game over for the inflatable bubble-like dome that encloses one of the turf fields at Sports Center of Richmond, a soccer complex off Overbrook Road, near the Diamond. Accumulation and frigid temperatures from the two-day storm proved too much for the structure to… Read more »

Downtime: Consulting on ice

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Consulting can be tough a gig, but lately, landing a Lutz is what’s been keeping Angela Edwards on her toes. The president and CEO of Castle Thunder Consulting in Glen Allen spends her days advising and coaching businesses in finance healthcare, retail, construction, manufacturing, IT and other industries. Most of her other waking hours are… Read more »

Mom-centric fitness brand changes hands

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A Richmond fitness franchise that caters to moms has a new owner. Natalie Russell last month purchased the franchise rights to operate the Fit4Mom brand in Richmond and Midlothian. Her territory includes 19 ZIP codes in the Richmond metro area. Russell said the franchise was purchased from a friend for an undisclosed amount. As its name… Read more »

Cyclists open bike shop, market in Forest Hill

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A trio of cyclists recently opened a shop in Forest Hill — but alongside bikes and gears, they decided to throw in a dash of a small neighborhood market.

How 2015 bulked up the Richmond fitness scene

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This year brought plenty of new large gym chains and smaller fitness startups to the Richmond scene, providing lots of potential starting points for that New Year’s resolution.

Yoga studio filling up old Shockoe Bottom bath house

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A new yoga studio dedicated more to spiritual health than physical fitness is moving into an old public bath house in Shockoe Bottom, where it will also incorporate the medical side of yoga.

Chiropractor floats new therapy venture in West End

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With four light-proof, sound-proof and fully enclosed tubs, a West End chiropractor is getting ready to launch his second business, adding another flotation therapy spa to the Richmond market.

Yoga startup turning up the heat in the Slip

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A Richmond native has returned home with plans to open a hot yoga studio in Shockoe Slip in a recently redeveloped building dating back to the 1880s.