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May 2008

The Cost of Care

Club owners never want to hear their club's name and in the same sentence on the local TV news, let alone be the subject of an investigative segment looking...

The Taste of Retention

The decision to offer a caf at the Fayetteville Athletic Club was one that was practically made for Bob Shoulders, owner of the Fayetteville, AR, club....

Into New Waters

When Bob Carpenter and Roger Ralph, partners in Eastern Athletic Clubs, opened their Hockessin Athletic Club in Hockessin, DE, last year, they didn't...

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