A boutique pharmacy, Aaron's Apothecary, opens in Lincoln Park.

Collin Williams opens Emerald Smoke, a mixed martial art training studio in Chicago’s River West ‘hood.

ROUND AND ROUND Working as a fitness instructor for the past 28 years, Emmy Blume watched plenty of exercise fads come and go. “Spinning wasn’t a trend,” she says. Lucky for her, since she dedicated the last 15 years of her career to teaching indoor cycling at East Bank Club…

SPIRIT ANIMAL Former pro gymnast Veronica Sullivan was so inspired by the fact that one month of classes at Wicker Park’s Pure Vibes Fitness alleviated her and her retired NFL player husband’s aches and pains, she wanted to share a stake in the gym…

GO WITH THE FLOW Three and a half years after trying her first yoga class, Beka Olson now teaches 22 classes a week at her just-opened Rogers Park studio…

QUICK CHANGE Melanee Cooper has been in the art business for 22 years (most recently as the owner of her eponymous River North gallery). But now she’s changing her career path—just not her address…

THE POWER OF TWO When neighbors Anne Marie Garza, owner of the now-shuttered retail shop Bella Chica, and Chon Bonilla of salon Studio 18 learned they both wanted to evolve their businesses, they decided to join forces.

A yoga and tango studio opens in the West Loop.

SOAKING UP THEIR SUCCESS Four years after the opening of their first spa in Bucktown, co-owners Jen Olson and Emily Eisenberg set up shop in a second locale a few hops northeast…

New downtown salon and spa opens in the former digs of Honey Child Spa.