Skilled Touch
Inside Professional Massage Training Center Inc. owner Juliet Mee on Feb. 5 opened subsidiary Skilled Touch. The massage therapy clinic, 229 E. Commercial St., specializes in Swedish massage and neuromuscular therapy. Mee said the clinic’s pricing is based on a professional services model, and therapists do not accept tips or accept discounts. “If we don’t deliver what the expectation is, then we don’t expect people to pay for it,” she said. Rates range from $40 for a half hour to $125 for two-hour sessions. Mee, who has worked 33 years in massage therapy as a practitioner and educator, said the clinic employs six licensed therapists. Declining to disclose startup costs, Mee said the professional clinic leases equipment and 3,500 square feet from the Professional Massage Training Center, which leases the 10,000-square-foot building from Mee’s Historic Developments LLC. Hours: 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and by appointment. Phone: (417) 863-7682. Web:
SkilledTouch.com
Mercy Emergency Medical Services
Mercy Emergency Medical Services added a Willard station Jan. 1 at 108 W. Walnut Lane, a former firehouse. Executive Director Bob Patterson said the division of Mercy Hospital Springfield signed a one-year lease with an option to purchase the 4,000-square-foot building from the Willard Fire Protection District. Lease and startup costs were not disclosed. Mercy previously dispatched emergency vehicles to northwest Greene County from its Springfield stations, and Patterson said the new 24-hour crew would cut response time by up to 20 minutes. The station employs three full-time paramedics and three full-time EMTs. Phone: 911 Web:
Mercy.net
Moon City Pub
Mike and Glenda Pavia opened Moon City Pub on Feb. 3 at 420 W. Commercial St. The husband-and-wife team, who also work full time for the U.S. Postal Service, purchased the 2,200-square-foot building – formerly The Fight Club Bar & Grill – for roughly $60,000 at an auction in fall 2014. Mike Pavia declined to disclose startup costs. He said the bar and live music venue has a pool table, jukebox and seating for about 50. Moon City Pub serves liquor as well as domestic and craft beer by the bottle priced $2.50-$4.50. The pub’s signature drink, a take on a blueberry martini dubbed “The Moontini,” is $6.50. Hours: 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11–1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Phone: (417) 315-8146.
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