FIT LIFE STUDIO
Helps People—and Fellow Business Owners—
THRIVE by Kathryn Millhorn Photos by C-Sharp Images
“We are all about community and helping provide opportunities for all to grow and flourish. It is a perfect neighborhood building for all to come to and shop local. That’s what business to me has always been about: our community.” -Tessa Effland, owner of Fit Life Studio (pictured, right)
In every community, small businesses are more than just places to eat, shop and mingle. They keep money in the community, hire locally and anchor strong, vibrant neighborhoods. When a small business succeeds, it provides hope—and a learning experience—for others around it.
one-on-one or small group settings. But owner Tessa Effland also created a small business incubator which includes an esthetician, nutrition counselor, home décor and staging company, clothing retailer, accessory jewelry retailer, and a judgethemed, hidden speakeasy called The Chamber (in honor of Tessa’s grandfather who was a local judge!).
Located in Olympia's Briggs At Fit Life Studio, they teach personal neighborhood, Fit Life opened its training and fitness programming in doors April 8, 2022, but Effland thurstonchamber.com
is no stranger to our area and her chosen profession. “I have lived in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for 50 years,” she says. “As a young child I played every sport known to man from soccer to basketball to gymnastics to fastpitch. The love of sports continued in high school where I played soccer and basketball.” And things didn’t slow down in college. “As I headed off to Western Washington University, I was fortunate enough to be a member of the Div. 2
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