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Big Blue Swim School opened its first Virginia location in Fairfax and plans to expand to five more locations in the state. The company expects to have 45 new locations by the end of 2019 and 150 locations by 2020.
Big Blue Swim School’s first Virginia location is coming to the Greenbriar Town Center on Lee Jackson Memorial Highway in Fairfax, according to the Fairfax Times. The lease was signed in June and the location is anticipated to open in 2020.
Big Blue Swim School is looking to bring five more locations to Virginia over the next two to three years. The company expects to have 45 new locations by the end of 2019 and 150 locations by 2020 in markets such as Florida, Texas, Southern California, Denver, Charlotte, Northern New Jersey, Georgia and Washington, D.C.
“Families are in need of this type of service,” said Scott Thompson, Chief Development Officer, as reported by the Fairfax Times. “They want a clean, efficient way to help their children learn to swim, and they don't want to have to think or work too hard to make it happen. It just fits in their lifestyles.”
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on July 1, 2019. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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