Leisure Learning Unlimited

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Leisure Learning Unlimited, Inc.
Private company
Industry Continuing education, adult education
Founded Houston (1979)
Headquarters Houston, Texas, USA
Website www.llu.com (Note: This company no longer exists.)

Leisure Learning Unlimited, Inc. is a privately owned continuing-education firm in Houston, Texas, which after operating for nearly four decades, ceased to function normally during the first quarter of 2017. Established in 1979 by Ted Weisgal and Kathy Kamin, Leisure Learning Unlimited (LLU) offered non-credit courses for people interested in taking up new hobbies, getting exercise and recreation, enhancing their careers, and socializing. The face-to-face classes stopped and the online classes were supposed to be offered by a new business.

Houston City in Texas, United States

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated population of 2.312 million in 2017. It is the most populous city in the Southern United States and on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA. With a total area of 627 square miles (1,620 km2), Houston is the eighth most expansive city in the United States. It is the largest city in the United States by total area, whose government is similarly not consolidated with that of a county or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

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Office, main campus and external class locations

Leisure Learning's main campus (and its offices and Computer Center) is in Southwest Houston at 6363 Richmond Avenue. Many LLU instructors convene classes at their businesses and homes, particularly the cooking and music instruction classes. Excursions such as hiking, biking, and kayaking, take place at outdoor venues.

Leisure Learning class schedule

LLU prints and distributes its schedule every two and a half months. It is on display in approximately 1,000 locations across the city. The publication racks are usually located at the entrances of restaurants, retail stores, grocery stores, and nightclubs. Several county, municipal, and school system libraries also stock the schedules.

Variety of classes

In a recent course schedule, LLU offered 1,129 sessions of 478 classes on a wide array of subjects, including arts and crafts; fine arts; book and film discussion; cooking and nutrition; do-it-yourself home and vehicle repair; social dancing; photography; computer skills; instrumental and vocal music; travel; relationship advice; business; financial planning; and sports, recreation and fitness.

Leisure Learning student base

As of March 2009, over 11,000 Houston-area residents have taken 20 or more courses from LLU. Of those repeat students, more than 1,200 have taken 50 classes. The large student base and word-of-mouth promotion contribute to LLU's visibility in the greater Houston community.

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