Cindy DeCoste, owner of Trendz Fitness said she was sad to announce to her members on March 25 that her business was closing.
“We’ve had to close the doors because of financial reasons,” DeCoste said.
Since many members were not there the day she closed, she said she’s been getting in touch with them on an individual basis since then to return their personal and financial information.
DeCoste said she had put a sign on the building explaining about the closure but something must have happened to it before Doreen O’Regan got there.
O’Regan had expressed her frustration to The News about the business closing seemingly without any notice.
“Unfortunately we have a long list (of members) so we haven’t reached everyone yet,” DeCoste said.
DeCoste had owned the business for about a year and eight months. It had previously operated as a Curves.
“I enjoyed the ladies there the most,” DeCoste said. “That was the best part of being there and the saddest part of having to close.”
She said it was a very tough decision to make.
“There were a lot of tears shed there on Monday,” she said. “It was almost like a small family.”
She said she doesn’t believe the opening of the Wellness Centre had any impact on their closure.
“I just feel that the cost of things got a bit too much to handle,” she said.
NEW GLASGOW – Doreen O’Regan was shocked last week when she went to Trendz Fitness in New Glasgow to work out.
The parking lot was empty, the doors of the building locked and the lights turned out.
While there was no sign on the door to say for certain, she believes the business that catered to women in the area and was once a Curves has closed. It also housed a hot yoga studio.
Attempts to reach the owner of the business were unsuccessful and the phone for the business has been disconnected.
O’Regan is miffed that she wasn’t given any warning that the fitness centre was closing.
“If she had just said, ‘Due to circumstances beyond my control, we’ve had to close,’ then it would have been understandable,” O’Regan said.
She’s been going there for almost five years and knows many who have been going even longer than that.
She is particularly concerned because she had her account set up for automatic withdrawal. She wonders what will happen with that now.
“I’m sure I’m not the only woman who wants to get answers,” she said.
O’Regan said she only knew the women who worked there by their first name and always found them to be nice people, but now she can’t get in touch with any of them.
