FOUNDER / CEO
In 2013 I founded Eichhorn Recreation. I had been a Parks and Recreation Director for 8 years. First in Belle Plaine, IA and then in Sauk City, WI. Although I loved my job, my wife and I decided that it would be best to raise our newborn daughter near family in Iowa.
We moved from Madison to Cedar Rapids in October of 2012. While waiting to get back into the Park and Recreation field as a director, I was fortunate to stay home with my daughter for 6 months until she turned one and wouldn't change that for anything. As the weeks went on and no signs of Recreation Director position opening up, we decided that I would stay in the field by starting my own privately owned recreation business.
Initially I offered Speed Training for Junior High and High School students for both Belle Plaine and Regis & LaSalle Middle School. I then focused on running preschool programs for daycares in the area.
Knowing how well my preschool programs went over in Sauk Prairie and seeing how inundated that parents were with running their kids from program to program, I created a win-win for all, in my Little Sports program.