The start of a business is already a great leap in faith. Reconstruction of one after a fire, flood or hurricane? This requires something more – stubbornness, heart and lots of gravel.
After erasing more than 3000 people and searching in some of the most difficult back stories from the past few years, we discovered a fact that is easy to miss: setbacks everywhere, but that’s so.
Here is what we noticed about small companies that will not only remain:
| a job | city | state |
|---|---|---|
| Zach Family Restaurant | Dothan | Alabama |
| Tosco (wholesale ice strait) | Gustavos | Alaska |
| My home bakery | St. Jones | Arizona |
| Gina’s place | Gonsburo | Arkansas |
| Books and publishers sellers in the city lights | San Francisco | California |
| Rebellion cafe information | Denver | Colorado |
| Taco Los Gordos sandwiches | New Haven | Contecticut |
| Willie farms | Townsund | Dilayer |
| Smokin ‘Oyster Brewery (Sob) | Fort Meers Beach | Florida |
| Brian Foreman barbecue | Atlanta | Georgia |
| The pasta star | Lahina | Hawaii |
| Sarsabarella ice cream salon | Idahu | Idaho |
| A crowded corner restaurant and a pie store | Godfield | Illinois |
| Kountry Kitchen | Indianapolis | Indiana |
| Adeleina grill | Marshalown | yeah |
| – | – | Kansas |
| Hones on the river | Winster | Kentucky |
| Luna Bar & Grill | Lake Charles | Louisiana |
| Satellite and bar room | Portland | who |
| Elope antiques ‘n’ things | City Ecott | Maryland |
| TRIDENT book sellers and a café | Boston | Massachusetts |
| Sanford devices | Sanford | Michigan |
| The science fiction library for his uncle Hugo | Minynabolis | Minnesota |
| Dairy dairy bar | Trading | Mississippi |
| Kitchen Crown Candle | Saint Lewis | Missouri |
| Macon Mountain Merkantil | Condon | Montana |
| Deroor | Umaha | Nebraska |
| Lucino Pizza | Las Vegas | Nevada |
| A grill bar and grill | Portmouth | New Hampshire |
| Donovan’s reef | The sea is bright | New Jersey |
| High back restaurant and salon | Albukirk | New Mexico |
| Sunni bar | Brooklyn | New York |
| Village craftsmen | Ocracoke Island | North Carolina state |
| Paradiso Mexican Restaurant | Fateo | Northern Dakota |
| Uber flowers | Diton | Ohio |
| The old school is boiling café and league | Go | Oklahoma |
| Budget budget solutions | Talent | Oregon |
| The euro food market | Levitown | Pennsylvania |
| The African Nana Market and the Caribbean Sea region | Pawtuckket | Rod Island |
| AM-PM FARMS Butchery & Market | The fountain | South Carolina |
| The dreamer port | Six Fols | South Dakota |
| East lower floor | Nashville | Tenisi |
| Homestead Café | Waku | Texas |
| Pod | Park City | Utah |
| Blue Bin Diner | Pennington | Vermont |
| Friends and Family Restaurant | Perburg | Virginia |
| Apple CUP Café | Shelan | Washington |
| Sandwich Secret Association | Vitville | Virginia Western |
| Wisconsin Company is fermented | Veruna | Weskonsen |
| – | – | Wyoming |
Main results:
Disasters hit more powerfully than you think – but somehow, the soul returns more strongly.
Hurricanes torn on surfaces. Flood swallowed the dining rooms. Fires have turned for decades of work to ash. But again and again, the owners found ways to pick up the pieces.
In places like Marshalltown, Ia and Fort Myers Beach, FL, the damage was amazing – however, customers returned to their favorite tables like nothing happened at all. Well, almost nothing.
When society appears, the possibilities do not concern.
There is no playing book for what happens when your bakery is underwater or your library library is burned on the floor. What matters most, as it turns out, is what appears.
In Arizona, the neighbors baked the bakery to return to life. In Minneapolis, loyal readers helped reopen the science fiction library only two miles away from ash. Auxiliary grants. Insurance helps. But there is no alternative to people who gather about something they love.
The oldest names fought hard to survive.
Some of the companies wore by newly bright start -up companies were not contracts or even centuries.
Hones on the river witnessed floods before, but the double beating they took in 2021 could have ended everything. He did not.
Perhaps after surviving wars, economic arches, and everything else threw them, no other disaster was the end of the story.
Bad timing did not kill the dream – quick thinking saved him.
Many companies were hit within a really terrible moments. Some had just begun to bounce from the closing of the Covid-19 when the disaster was hit again. Others were preparing for crowded seasons. Those that made her not wait.
They installed it on food trucks, pop -up shops and sales online – everything it takes to stay in the game. It was not fair, but it was real, and the ability to adapt made the difference.
Food, books and music – these are not just companies; They are emotional features.
When you lose your favorite sandwiches or that small library where I bought the first science fiction novel, it is not just a discomfort. It is a personal feeling.
No wonder that many restaurants, Iny libraries and music places have achieved an epic return. People only wanted to return the products. They wanted to feel those places that gave them. And they fought it.
Final ideas
Companies in this list are not just places to seize a meal, shopping or hearing a band. It is evidence that rebuilding is possible, even when everything seems ended.
Nobody does it alone. It takes the grain, yes. But it also requires alive ready to present a hand, a customer base that will not give up on you, and the belief is stubborn that even after the worst happens, there is something worth fighting for.
If there is a common topic in all these stories, this is: the catastrophe may expel you. But you cannot decide when to end.
methodology
Wiping a 3,104 people online plate on the basis of age, sex and geography. Internal data sources are used to obtain population data groups. We used a two -step process to ensure acting by taking class samples and post -cost weighting.
The respondents are carefully chosen from an online geographical representative committee from the double members in the selection. This choice is more designed to meet the accurate criteria required for each unique scan. During the survey, we designed questions to examine and authenticated by the respondents, ensuring the survey alignment with the ideal participants.
To ensure our data collection safety, we use a set of data quality methods. In addition to traditional measures such as digital fingerprints, robot checks, geographical transformation, speed detection, etc., each response is subject to a comprehensive review by a team member dedicated to quality guarantee and contextual accuracy. Our commitment extends to open responses, subject them to scrutiny to get wet answers and discover the plagiarism.
