3 businesses now open in northwest Gilbert

Arizona Back Road Rentals rents Polaris Slingshots, Can Am Rykers and Corvettes. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Tom Blodgett | 1:40 PM Dec 28, 2020 MST | Updated 1:40 PM Dec 28, 2020 MST

Here are three businesses that opened recently in northwest Gilbert.

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

By Tom Blodgett

Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent 30 years in journalism in Arizona and is the editor of the Gilbert edition of Community Impact Newspaper. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he now serves as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.

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