Shannon O'Lear
Columbia, SC (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Little Loggerheads Swim School
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Location:
Columbia
Industry:
Sports/Recreation
Year Founded:
2011
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
I am a certified Infant Aquatic Survival specialist and started with five students in South Carolina in 2014. After years of renting cold pools with limited hours, the time is overdue to open a year-round warm water facility for my 1,000 families.
We will keep training new students 8 month to 6 years in these life-saving self-rescue skills while advancing older students into stroke work. We also offer groups for parents to learn how to work with their skilled swimmers.
We have an established school that has reached its ability to grow without a year-round pool. We will open with an above ground 10x18 foot Malibu pool, specifically designed for swim schools in a building suitable for growth beyond one pool. State health department permitting is a significant cost to retrofit the building to accommodate our clientele.