After the Storm

Gulf Coast entrepreneurs put the pieces back together after Hurricane Katrina.

By Jackie Larson • Mar 1, 2006

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It's been six months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. From the devastation emerged stories of strength, survival and courage. Many of those putting the pieces back together are entrepreneurs--forced to take on new challenges and opportunities that came in with the floodwater in the nation's largest natural disaster.

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