Economy forces owner to shutter Barlow's after 25 years
By ELISHA SAUERS Staff Writer
By ELISHA SAUERS Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
06/18/09
Barlow's Gymnastics, a training center in Parole, was eerily quiet this week.
Joshua McKerrow - The Capital
LEFT: Elaina Ginnetti, 9, practices her balance at Barlow's Gymnastics in Annapolis. The training center is closing after 25 years of business. The center's student enrollment has declined to less than half of what it was during its peak.
RIGHT: Jeff Barlow at Barlow's Gymnastics, which is closing on Friday.
Where there usually is the thud of feet against a spring-loaded floor or the grunts of athletes echoing from the balance beams and parallel bars, the only sounds were those of a radio and owner Jeffrey Barlow's broom sweeping around piles of mats.
After 25 years of business, Barlow said he's saddened and nostalgic about closing up shop. He calls his business "another casualty of the economy."
His 20-member paid staff will now scatter to schools and training centers throughout the area - if they can find a gym that's...
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