Commit To Be Fit Gets Business in Shape

NILES – Commit To Be Fit Fitness Center opened on March 16, 2020 – the same day that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered all nonessential businesses to close because of the pandemic. As a new fitness center without a membership base, this was devastating news, says owner Darin Ward. The fitness center reopened on May 27, 2020, but faced many more challenges. It was denied every state and federal relief grant it sought, Ward says. Fear of COVID-19 also kept people from going to fitness center