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Let’s Grow Studio offers fitness classes for kids and families BY ALISON STANTON
Julie Costello began practicing yoga in 2008, shortly after the birth of her second child. Although she enjoyed the classes, she was disappointed she couldn’t find a place that allowed her to practice yoga with her two young children. To provide parents and kids a fun and welcoming place where they can work out together, Costello opened Let’s Grow Studio last November. “We offer kids’ yoga classes, adult yoga classes and parent and child classes,” Costello says. The studio features kid and adult Zumba classes, hip hop, sports classes for kids and a Core Fit circuit training program for adults, too. “We also offer fun yoga or spa birthday parties for kids, including a Zumba Glow party that is held under neon lights.” Costello says Let’s Grow Studio also has special events every month that are ideal for adults, including a yoga and wine night for moms. Costello is registering couples for the Couples Yoga event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13. The evening, which costs $40 per couple, allows people of all abilities and levels to come in and enjoy learning partner poses and acrobatics in a relaxed setting. In addition to providing a safe and fun place for kids and their parents to work out together, Costello says she strives to offer a noncompetitive and
nonjudgmental atmosphere where everyone— no matter what their shape or size may be—can have fun exercising together. “It’s a very nonthreatening environment and it’s very homey,” she says. “It’s a fitness center that is geared toward the family and lets kids run around and have a good time and exercise and get excited about fitness.” Costello, who also owns Grow with Yoga ABC and Watch Me Grow Child Care, GETTING FIT TOGETHER: Julie Costello, pictured with her 6-year-old son, Declan, and her 10-year-old daughter, Bailey, says she has opened Let’s Grow Studio to give parents and their kids a noncompetitive and welcoming place to exercise together. Submitted photo enjoyed hearing a lot of positive it, and I keep hearing from their Couples Yoga class, call (480) 699-1004, feedback from parents that they are going home email info@letsgrowstudio.com or visit parents whose kids are taking yoga and doing the different yoga poses at www.letsgrowstudio.com. classes. home. It really seems to be making a She likes seeing moms bring their difference in their lives.” Alison Stanton is a freelance writer children with them to exercise. The Let’s Grow Studio is located at 4100 who lives in the East Valley. She can be kids range in age from toddlers to 12S. Lindsay Rd., Suite 101, in Gilbert. For reached at alison@santansun.com. and 13-year-old children. more information or to register for the “The kids are just so excited about
Alliance Bank opens Chandler branch Alliance Bank of Arizona, the state’s largest headquartered bank and now fourth largest in Maricopa County, opened a new banking center in Chandler on the southwest corner of Ray Road and Interstate 101 at the Park at San Tan office complex. The opening is a result of the bank’s record growth in 2014. This marks the 11th location for Alliance Bank and is an extension of the bank’s growth in key business markets, including Chandler, where it already banks a large number of commercial, industrial and professional businesses. “The Chandler banking center signifies our ongoing commitment to provide our clients direct access to the bank’s decision makers and dayto-day service from some of the most entrepreneurial business bankers in the state,” says Jim Lundy, CEO of Alliance Bank of Arizona. “Our growth is a reflection of the trust we have earned from Arizona’s business community.” The two-story, 27,017-square-foot office will house commercial and branch banking facilities as well as a number of support functions that will enable the bank to better serve its growing Southeast Valley customer base. The banking center houses more than 50 employees and was designed by Larry Boardman and Simone Stover of Davis Interiors and built by Sun State Builders. “This is an exciting time to be in business in the East Valley,” says Dee Burton, Alliance Bank’s executive vice president and East Valley Bank Center director. “This banking center is a tangible investment in the growth of the
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