Open for Business

Chad Stills opened Extra Innings, an indoor baseball and softball training facility, on Oct. 22 at 1900 W. Sunset, Ste. 100-B. Extra Innings, owned under CDS Holdings LLC, is the Middleton, Mass.-based franchise’s sixth location and first in the Midwest. At the 12,500-square-foot facility, customers can buy baseball equipment or work on hitting, pitching and fielding in one of six 75-foot-long multi-use tunnels or four circuit-training rooms. “Springfield, in general, is a big sports town,” Stills said. “Baseball’s always been very popular, too.” Stills has contracts with seven former collegiate standouts to provide instruction, including former Missouri State University and current minor league baseball players Jason Hart and Brad Ziegler and former Evangel University softball players Wendy Niebuhr and Brandi Dorton. Stills said his customers are usually between the ages of 7 and 17. He said he obtained an undisclosed amount of financing from Old Missouri National Bank. Hours are 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday.

Fetch! Pet Care of Springfield

Alice Williams opened Fetch! Pet Care of Springfield, a franchised location of Fetch! Pet Care Inc., on Oct. 15. Williams and six employees offer pet sitting, dog walking, pet taxi and basic home care such as watering plants and retrieving mail. Williams said she and her crew are insured by Pet Sitters Associates LLC and underwritten by Evanston Insurance Co. Home-based pet sitting costs $16 per day. An attendant answers phone inquiries 8 a.m.–8 p.m. daily. Customers schedule service. For more information, visit www.fetchpetcare.com.

i Sold It

Terry and Todd Tolbert opened i Sold It, an eBay consignment seller, Nov. 21. The Tolberts, who own the business under FHI LLC, have 1,500 square feet at 4121 S. Fremont, Ste. 120, where customers can bring items they want sold on eBay. The brothers list the items with pictures, ship the items and then take between 25 percent and 30 percent of the sale for their efforts. They financed the opening of the franchise store with an undisclosed amount from Southwest Community Bank in Ozark. Hours are 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday.

Contact Cory Smith with your Open for Business submissions. He may be reached by e-mail, by fax at (417) 799-0603 or by phone at (417) 831-3238. [[In-content Ad]]