Photo by Kelli Fontenot
Photo by Kelli FontenotSouth Austin indoor playground continues expanding
Children can run, jump and pretend at Loco-Motion Inflatable Play. Husband-and-wife team Steve and Lynelle Sylliaasen opened the 12,000-square-foot indoor playground July 31, 2009, and Lynelle said business continues to grow.
In April 2012, the Sylliaasens launched Loco-Motion Station, a cable show depicting a preschool class with activities for children at home. Lynelle said they are also searching for another potential location in Southwest or North Austin to open in 2013.
Lynelle has worked as a children's dyslexia therapist and speech language pathologist, but the idea for Loco-Motion came to the couple when she was a stay-at-home mom and there was a shift in Steve's career as a land development engineer.
"It was really the downturn in the economy four years ago," he said. "I lost my job, and I figured we had to do something."
