Owner and developer of the hugely successful and rapidly expanding Bricks 4 Kidz® home-based business franchise opportunity, Creative Learning Corporation announced this week that its 165th location has opened in Richmond, Va., marking an unexpected and welcome milestone for the company. “We are thrilled to be announcing our 165th franchise two and a half months ahead of our projected schedule,” said Brian Pappas, Creative Learning’s CEO. “(We now) expect to hit 175 by the end of August.”

While the summer months are usually somewhat challenging for the franchise industry, this latest news serves to further confirm the often-heard assertion that the demand for extracurricular yet educational enrichment programs of the kind Bricks 4 Kidz® provides is considerable and ongoing. And it’s not just in the U.S. In fact, Creative Learning not only has franchises in 30 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, but internationally as well. Five foreign countries already have Bricks 4 Kidz® franchises, and the company reports that prospective Master Licensees in Singapore and Qatar are currently in the pipeline.

Bricks 4 Kidz® is a learning program designed to teach kids between the ages of 3 and 12+ the basics of engineering, architecture and physics using LEGO® bricks. The Bricks 4 Kidz® home-based business franchise opportunity is one of fastest growing in both the U.S. and Canada, possibly in the world. In addition to unparalleled start-up.