- Arizona Back Road Rentals opened Oct. 10 at 700 N. Neely St., Ste. B, Gilbert. The company rents Polaris Slingshots, Can Am Rykers and Corvettes. 480-572-1254. www.azbackroadrentals.com
- Five Below opened Oct. 9 at 1093 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert. It is part of a chain of specialty discount stores that mostly sell items that cost up to $5. 480-690-8931. www.fivebelow.com
- A Gilbert franchise of My Gym opened Sept. 21 at 690 N. Cooper Road, Ste. 105, Gilbert. It offers mommy-and-me classes for children 6 weeks to 4½ years old and active play classes for children up to 10 years old. It also has parents’ night out events, preschool prep programs and camps. 480-758-5879. www.mygym.com/gilbert
3 businesses now open in northwest Gilbert
Arizona Back Road Rentals rents Polaris Slingshots, Can Am Rykers and Corvettes. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)
Here are three businesses that opened recently in northwest Gilbert.
By Tom Blodgett
Editor, Gilbert
Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent more than 30 years in journalism in Arizona and joined Community Impact Newspaper in July 2018 to launch the Gilbert edition. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 2005-19 and remains editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.