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Pure Barre East Cobb opens

The new Pure Barre Studio at Parkaire Landing Shopping Center (4880 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 790) is holding several grand opening events this week, after a few months of a soft opening.

The main events are this weekend—from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday—and include free classes, membership specials, raffle prizes and giveaways, vendors and more.

The raffle prizes come from IceboxCryotherapy, Athelta, McCray’s Tavern, Blo Blow Dry Bar and others, and there will be local juice places in the studio and B12 shots on Saturday from wHydrate, a hydration therapy spa.

Updates are being posted on the studio’s Facebook page, and owner Jenna Scearce says that if you want to take part in a free class, you’ll need to reserve a spot by phone/text (770-283-0278) or e-mail (eastcobb@purebarre.com).

Those class times are 8:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 11 am. and 12:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and are Foundations or Classic classes “so good for newbies,” general manager Chad Stone said.

Barre is a fitness concept that incorporates ballet, yoga and Pilates into a full-body, muscle endurance workout (intro info here).

Pure Barre, which has more than 600 locations in North America. Jenna Scearce and her husband Chad operate Pure Barre locations in Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton and will be opening another in Suwanee in the fall.

ECBA Resumes After Hours

The East Cobb Business Association is holding its first After Hours networking event of 2023 this week.

The event is from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Tijuana Joe’s Cantina (690 Johnson Ferry Road) and is open to ECBA members, their guests and visitors.

The cost is $5 for members and $10 for guests and visitors and includes one drink ticket and appetizers. You’re asked to register in advance to get an accurate headcount.

The ECBA also has a monthly luncheon for women this week. The group is called the Professional Women of East Cobb, and they also meet at Tijuana Joe’s for lunch the first Friday of each month, from 11:30-1 p.m.

The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members and advance online registration is required.

ECBA also holds a weekly open networking event every Friday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the IHOP (3130 Johnson Ferry Road). There’s no registration required; you pay for whatever you may eat or drink.

New Businesses

The following businesses in East Cobb were granted licenses by the Cobb Community Development Agency in recent weeks:

AM A Joy Designs, 4556 Steinhauer Road (merchandise and service broker)
Berry Good Realty Group, 2686 Jamerson Road (real estate and property management)
Blinds & Designs Ltd., 2993 Sandy Plains Road, Suite 110 (drapery and blind installation)
Burmeister & Associates PC, 1827 Powers Ferry Road, Suites 10-200 (CPA)
Cinetable Light Tight Films Inc., 4880 Surrey Drive (video and film production)
Elegance Events, 2080 Lower Roswell Road (catering service)
Isakson Living, 4994 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 16 (real estate and property management)
Peach Renovations, 652 Powers Ferry Road (roofing and siding contractor)
Phil Cool Heating and Cooling, 1751 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 3
Pretty By Kitty, 3000 Windy Hill Road, Suite 109 (beauty shop)
Primary Fence of Georgia, 890 Blackwell Road (fencing contractor)
Professional Auto Repair Marietta, 1770 Lower Roswell Road (auto repair)
Roses Brazilian Bakery, 3349 Canton Road, Suite 219
SMG Motors, 4757 Canton Road, Suite 218B (used auto dealer)
The L Room, 2217 Roswell Road, Suite 132 (event venue)
Uncle Dave’s Automotive Repair, 3086 Canton Road
Visionworks, 4250 Roswell Road, Suite 520 (optical supplies)
Zen Dry Restoration, 111 Village Parkway, Bldg 2, Suite 100 (waterproofing contractor)

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