A Good Sign of Things to Come Last Thursday efforts got underway in Lewisville Texas to get the studio reopened.  After a thorough cleaning, Sarah Bukowsky began contacting all of the students who were departed due to the forced shutdown of the studio in March.  Within hours she scheduled 30% of them to [...]

Limited Return to Business With the latest announcement out of Sacramento, we have been able to begin limited work out of the main offices.  With all of the student accounts needing to be prepared for our reopening of studios, two Accounts Receivable Managers have returned to their full schedule.  Oscar is also back in the [...]

The Potential for Opening Last Thursday, as Phase 2 of California's return to business got underway, a more detailed list of potential business openings for Phase 2 was released.  While Gyms, Hair and Nail Salons, Churches and Movie Theaters won't open until Phase 3, Schools and Childcare Facilities are part of Phase 2.  This means [...]

Preparations Underway Unfortunately Governor Newsom's announcement today still fails to provide us with any timeline for reopening our studios. Preparations are none-the-less underway so that we will be ready to go the moment we have the green light.   Over the last week Kyler and I have begun visiting studios to do deep, thorough cleaning [...]

Developing Our Plan for Reopening I know that all of you, like me, are ready to get our lives back to normal.  I have heard from a number of instructors, each expressing how much they miss the students and miss teaching.  While as of this moment we still have no word from Governor Newsom as [...]

Paycheck Protection Program Update:  Late yesterday the House of Representatives approved the second round of funding for the PPP and sent it to the President for his signature.  Just moments ago the President signed the bill into law, releasing an additional $484,000,000,000.00 in emergency relief funds, $310,000,000,000.00 of which will be used for the PPP. [...]

Paycheck Protection Program Update:  With yesterday's vote in the Senate resulting in the passing of a second round of funding for the PPP we are one step closer to potentially receiving the funding we are requesting.  Tomorrow the bill heads to the House of Representatives where it is expected to pass.  With that the President [...]

Paycheck Protection Program Update:  In my last update on the PPP I outlined what we needed to have happen for us to receive funding.  Specifically it was one of these two things: 1. We get approved and financed BEFORE the available funds have been exhausted or, 2. The House of Representatives and the Senate approve more [...]

Economic Impact Payments As part of the C.A.R.E.S. Act the Federal Government Economic is issuing funds to each and every American up to $1200.00 per person and an additional $500.00 per child provided you meet the criteria outlined for the program: U.S. residents will receive the Economic Impact Payment of $1,200 for individual or head [...]

Paycheck Protection Program Update:  Twelve days ago we submitted our pre-application for the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) through Wells Fargo.  Late yesterday afternoon we received access to the next step in the process - the ability to submit our actual PPP application.  As of 5:15 pm yesterday we officially submitted our application for the PPP. [...]