• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / News / New Orleans advisor visiting Cedar Rapids business owners

New Orleans advisor visiting Cedar Rapids business owners

July 15, 2008 By admin

A business advisor from New Orleans will share some of the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina with business owners in eastern Iowa this week. Brian Baudean with the organization ActionCOACH , says he definitely sees the similarities between the 2005 disaster in New Orleans and the flooding this year in Iowa.

"You’ve got people that have homes devastated, you have businesses devastated…it is almost like Katrina," Baudean said. He hopes to help some Iowa business owners when he speaks this Friday at an event in Cedar Rapids. Baudean says the businesses that survived Katrina were the ones that re-opened right after the storm.

"They got in and did what they had to do to get their doors open," Baudean explained. "Now, some businesses opened in diminished capacity, but they were open and were able to service their customers. Some businesses changed their focus on what they were doing and adapted to the situation."

For example, Baudean says many restaurants reduced their menus to just a few items and sold hamburgers to construction workers on the street. He says one of the first things an owner of a flood-damaged business should do is hire an independent insurance adjuster.

"Insurance is such a complicated animal that you need someone on your side," Baudean said. Baudean will speak on Friday at a business recovery summit hosted by Mount Mercy College and organized in part by the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free, but registration is required by calling 319-743-0642.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

Drake’s DeVries named to Naismith watch list

State wrestling opens with limited attendance

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC