Gymnastics Comes to Orangeburg South Carolina

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by Jessica Berry10 views·Updated Nov 5, 2021
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  1. no
  2. breaking news.
  3. Local entrepreneur Jessica barry endeavors
  4. to bring gymnastics to Orangeburg south
  5. Carolina where she believes every champion needs a place to begin.
  6. Listen as she shares more about Garden
  7. city gymnastics coming to Orangeburg Jessica,
  8. Thanks so much.
  9. According to the center for disease control,
  10. pediatric obesity is an epidemic level of 17% of
  11. Children and adolescents in the US unfortunately in Orangeburg,
  12. our crime rate is 74.8%, making it safer than only 1% of US cities.
  13. There are currently no private or recreational gymnastics.
  14. In Orangeburg, counting
  15. Only 6% of gymnasts are African American and just like this gym in Atlanta,
  16. Garden City gymnastics hopes to empower brown girls to join the world of gymnastics
  17. in a place that feels like home where the coaches will value them.
  18. Our solution, we want to be the hub for safe extracurricular,
  19. low incident sports and enrichment in the Orangeburg community.
  20. We will offer high quality recreational gymnastics, competitive chair,
  21. martial arts and learn as sticks,
  22. which is a combination of learning and gymnastics
  23. at our after school tutoring and gymnastics program.
  24. Our vision is to bring confidence,
  25. leadership discipline and teamwork to every athlete.
  26. We cultivate a lifelong healthy lifestyle through exceptional
  27. service in a safe and fun environment.
  28. The benefits of gymnastics include increased self esteem,
  29. decreased risk of substance abuse,
  30. Children are less likely to be involved in
  31. juvenile crime and increased ability to pay attention.
  32. Our target market includes caregivers with Children, primarily girls ages 1-18,
  33. including those who are black and white as the
  34. makeup of Orangeburg is 74% black and 21% white respected
  35. The median income of 31,000 who live in Orangeburg ST.
  36. Matthew's Bamberg Calhoun and Bowman.
  37. Our competitors include several dance
  38. facilities and Orangeburg County Recreation.
  39. However, none of these spaces currently offers gymnastics.
  40. We hope to offer God open garden city in downtown Orangeburg near the new library.
  41. However, that facility doesn't pan out.
  42. We own two acres of land and hope to erect a new facility on charleston highway.
  43. Our marketing includes word of mouth.
  44. We believe if you make it fun, the people will come forever free.
  45. Promo means the first class is always free.
  46. We hope to partner with school districts
  47. and childcare facilities to offer tumbling clinics.
  48. Our services include preschool classes, little champ classes, girls and boys,
  49. gymnastics, martial arts, summer camps,
  50. birthday parties and in the future we hope to offer while I wait a parent,
  51. yoga and healthy living session.
  52. We also hope to offer eventually competitive gymnastics.
  53. I'll serve as the owner operator and also coach.
  54. Mommy is my seven year was a competitive gymnast, gymnast.
  55. I was once a competitive cheerleaders have a passion for this,
  56. but hey Simone but I was mom opened a gym so I can too,
  57. we also hope to bring in coach to as an assistant coach and trainer and future hires,
  58. including head coach,
  59. office manager and several assistant coaches from south
  60. Carolina State University classroom University in Orangeburg,
  61. Wilkinson high school cheerleading squads.
  62. Our grand opening will hopefully happen in July of 2022
  63. And we project that in the first year our profits will be
  64. around 120,000 increasing each year to about 700,000 in year three.
  65. We hope to be awarded to 30,000 and use
  66. 15,000 toward facility upgrades for our new building.
  67. 10,000 for personnel 3000 from marketing in 2000
  68. and scholarships for students who cannot afford classes.
  69. We hope this will kick off a capital um crowdfunding campaign
  70. or corporate sponsorship matches
  71. for our students to enjoy gymnastics.
  72. Our partners and resources include Karima thorne,
  73. owner of Capital City gymnastics,
  74. who will serve as my mentor and our coaches trainer.
  75. Just like south Carolina community loan fund is here to
  76. help small businesses build healthy resilient south Carolina communities.
  77. Garden city gymnastics hopes to build
  78. the whole child through educational enrichment,
  79. physical and mental wellness.
  80. Thank you South Carolina community loan fund for
  81. allowing me to take the leap into bringing gymnastics
  82. to Orangeburg
  83. Back to You, Leap 30 K News.
  84. Uh huh.
  85. Well thank you Jessica and we look forward to seeing
  86. Garden City gymnastics leap onto the scene in Orangeburg.
  87. South Carolina.
  88. For more information,
  89. reach out to Jessica on facebook at garden city gymnastics that's all for now
  90. for lead 30K News, have a good evening