Hand & Stone Featured in Ahwatukee Foothills News

Hand & Stone was recently featured in an article in the Ahwatukee Foothills News entitled, “Ahwatukee Hand & Stone Under New Ownership.” The article discusses Steve Currier and Craig Schumacher’s unique entrepreneur story and recent ownership of the Hand & Stone in Ahwatukee. As long-time friends and business partners, the duo has owned many different concepts including a sports fitness center, which they founded in Memphis and expanded to 20 locations. The entrepreneurial team decided to partner with Hand & Stone as they felt it was higher quality and offered more services than competition. The Hand & Stone team is a great example of thriving local entrepreneurs filling a unique void in the community. Below is a portion of the article and the article can be read in its entirety by clicking here.

Ahwatukee Hand & Stone under new ownership
Chelsea Brown

Longtime friends and business partners Craig Schumacher and Steve Currier decided earlier this year to venture into Ahwatukee Foothills and take over ownership of Ahwatukee Hand and Stone.

The duo first started working together in 1981 in Elyria, Ohio, where they both served in management and executive positions at the Scandinavian Health Spa chain. In 1999, they opened Q Sports Club in Memphis, Tenn., which would later grow to a chain of 20 sports clubs across the country.

In 2000, Schumacher and Currier sold the Q Sports Club chain to 24 Hour Fitness. Later that year Currier, with a different business partner, opened O Premium Waters in Mesa. Although Schumacher was not Currier's main business partner in this business endeavor, he did work with him and O Premium Waters off and on for three years.

In December of 2009 Currier sold O Premium Waters to Sparkletts, a water company based in Los Angeles, Calif.

After the sale of O Premium Waters, Schumacher said both men were looking into a new business endeavor, and three months later they committed to Ahwatukee Hand and Stone. Today, Schumacher and Currier offer health and wellness services at the Ahwatukee Foothills spa, 4940 E. Ray Road, which has a "no-contract-necessary policy."

"Hand and Stone is an upscale experience," Currier said.

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