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August 11, 2021
Keeping Up With The EDC
Due to a continued rise in COVID-19 metrics, Prince George’s County reinstituted an indoor public mask mandate beginning Sunday, August 8 at 5:00 PM.
 
All residents and visitors over the age of 5 will be required to wear masks in all indoor public venues and businesses in Prince George’s County, even if they are fully vaccinated.
 
If you have not been vaccinated, please do so as soon as possible to protect yourself and those around you: mypgc.us/COVIDVaccine
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA.  
 
“The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses -- including many sole proprietors -- who used funds from our Paycheck Protection Program loans to survive the pandemic,” said Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman. “The vast majority of businesses waiting for forgiveness have loans under $150,000. These entrepreneurs are busy running their businesses and are challenged by an overly complicated forgiveness process. We need to deliver forgiveness more efficiently so they can get back to enlivening our Main Streets, sustaining our neighborhoods and fueling our nation’s economy.” 
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c’mon and Bounce WITH ME Into incredible shape

 
Meet Okeemah Henderson owner of Karnival Bounce Crew in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Okeemah has provided Prince Georgians a unique way to stay in shape since 2018.

Karnival Bounce Crew brings their students a completely unique and very fun way to achieve their fitness goals. They created a high-intensity aerobic style workout done to Soca (Caribbean) music called “SocaBounce Fitness.” However, to make it even more fun and more intense these workouts are done using spring-loaded boots called “rebound” boots. These rebound boots not only make the classes extremely enjoyable, they reduce the amount of pressure you put on your knees and other joints by as much as 80%. As Ms. Henderson stated, “Doing the SocaBounce Fitness is like working out on a trampoline, but because you are doing it to Soca music you are having so much fun that you don’t even realize you are working out and burning up to 600 calories per session.”

Because Karnival Bounce Crew was already offering some outdoor “pop-up” classes they were not deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, they are using some of their outdoor classes to help students prepare to compete in several “Carnival style” competitions. For these competitions the Karnival Bounce Crew wears full Carnival like costumes such as the peacock headbands and feather-like outfits.

The SocaBounce Fitness is great for building endurance while increasing your metabolism and is a tremendous workout for your core. According to Okeemah, new students can learn how to use the “rebound” boots in under ten minutes but have so much fun in the classes that they often return for several more hours of these high intensity – low impact dance/aerobic classes.

If you are looking for a great way to workout and want to have an incredible amount of fun while doing so please visit https://karnivalbouncecrew.com/ and register for one of their SocaBounce sessions.


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