Comings and Goings: Little Gym to Open on Post Road East

A children’s training facility called The Little Gym is opening in August at 629 Post Road East in the shopping center former anchored by Shaw’s Supermarket. According to the firm’s Web site, “the Little Gym offers individualized, highly motivational physical and mental development to children ages 4 months to 12 years.”  Erica Newman, who was born and raised in Stamford and now lives in Wilton, is the gym director and owner of the local franchise. She has operated a Little Gym facility at 87 Water St. in Norwalk for the past five years. “We’re closing our Norwalk location which allows us to open both in Westport and later in the year in Darien,” she said. The Little Gym is a 30-year-old franchise business with more than 300 locations in 21 countries including almost 300 in the United States. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com