America's first second gentleman visited Maryland to meet with business owners and discuss challenges they've faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, visited the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis Tuesday morning."I may be the first, but I'd better not be the last. This has to be an everyday occurrence," Emhoff said.Emhoff toured the Annapolis Maritime Museum and heard about oysters, the health of the Chesapeake Bay and how two Paycheck Protection Program loans helped the nonprofit stay afloat when revenue streams disappeared.Federal relief during the pandemic was a theme that continued at a sit-down with restaurant owners, from Chick and Ruth's to Bread and Butter Kitchen."Annapolis really is the epitome of Main Street USA, and it has been really tough here during COVID," Emhoff said. "So it's a real opportunity to show all the benefits that have been available to Main Street and the restaurants in particular and how it has lifted them up."Local leaders said that without emergency funding from the federal government, scores of city businesses would not have survived."It has been a game changer for the city, the fact that the help, this time, was from the bottom up," Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said."We have that responsibility to make sure we continue that partnership," U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin said.Annapolis was just the latest stop in a multi-state listening tour for the second gentleman to highlight the administration's current relief programs, push for passage of the next one and take notes while on the ground to take back to Washington."Staffing issues, safety issues, having access to the funds -- so the nitty gritty things that we may not be aware of as an administration, I try to bring back so we can respond to it," Emhoff said.One more notable first in Annapolis on Tuesday, Emhoff told 11 News this was his first event as second gentleman to be held without face masks.