It may have felt like Nashville was on its own immediately following last year’s flood, but it was hardly the first city to experience a flood, historic though it may have been.
One of the key pieces of advice from other communities was one put into place quickly in Nashville — the formation of a group that would quickly assess the needs of impacted businesses and guide them along recovery. In Nashville, this took the form of the Business Response Team, a partnership between Mayor Karl Dean’s Office and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
The team was led by Henry Hicks of Gray Line of Tennessee, Orrin Ingram of Ingram Industries Inc., Christine Karbowiak of Bridgestone Americas Inc. and Gregg Morton of AT&T. It worked closely with Ralph Schulz, president of the Nashville chamber.
The Nashville Business Journal recently surveyed team members on the recovery of Nashville’s business community.
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