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The investment range for a Big Blue Swim School is $1,767,500 to $3,646,000. The brand is looking for swim school franchise owners to develop in Florida, Texas, Southern California, Denver, Charlotte, Northern New Jersey, Georgia and Washington, D.C., with plans to open45 new locations by end of 2019, and up to 150 by the end of 2020.

“There are lots of working parents who are looking for someone to help keep their kids safe. Big Blue is the choice of millennial moms who want their kids to learn how to swim,” Thompson said, adding that 91 percent of all parents will at least try a swimming lesson for their children aged nine and under.

The $20 billion swim school industry is primed for a national player to emerge. While athletic participation for young children is declining nationally, participation in swimming is growing, with 52 percent growth in year-round swim memberships from 2000 to 2017, according to USA Swimming.

She served as a keynote speaker for the IFA Convention, the Australian Franchise Convention and the Brazilian Franchise Association Convention in 2016, the Canadian Franchise Association Convention in 2017, and the New Zealand Franchise Association Convention in 2018. Monson currently serves as a Board Member of Brain Balance Achievement Centers, is a former Board Member of The Learning Experience, and former Member of the Board of Trustees for Pi Sigma Epsilon National Education Foundation (PSENEF).

“We have a really awesome pre-opening promotion where we’re offering a membership deal for our North Center location that local parents are helping us spread the word about,” he said. “Their enthusiasm and dedication have played a huge part in the tremendous buzz we’ve been able to generate.”

I was coaching a local swim team in Evanston and teaching lessons and running the aquatics program at North Shore Country Club in Glenview. There, I developed great connections that I was able to parlay into an investment to start a standalone swim school concept in Wilmette in 2012. I grew to four locations throughout the area, opening one unit per year from 2015 to 2017.

Thompson, who said the Big Blue Swim School’s Item 19 is in the “top quartile in all of franchising,” described the ideal franchisee as someone who loves working with children and wants to be involved in the community, with an understanding of the parents’ needs to have their child learn to swim. Franchisees must also have strong general business management skills, people management skills, and be willing to build a fun company culture. This is a fully absentee model, the franchisee will hire a General Manager to operate the day-to-day.

“From a consumer standpoint, Big Blue Swim School’s four points of execution — explain, demonstrate, mimic, correct — allow our child engagement specialists to deliver an experience that actually helps kids learn how to swim,” said DeJong. “Our proprietary distance-based methodology ensures that we are measuring our students’ progress in the ways that actually matter and more quickly achieve better results. Parents are willing to invest in this because it’s a vital life skill, and they are able to rapidly see not only that their investment has paid off, but more importantly, that their childr

As the third-fastest growing tech hub in the country and a recipient of a 6% rise in the volume of tech jobs, Boston is perfectly aligned with Big Blue’s offering for both child education franchise partners and consumers. Additionally, Boston’s continued metropolitan development and economic boom translate to opportunities for prime real estate.