For businesses, no contingency plan
"There's no place for anyone to go with a tornado like this," the owner and president of
"Most of the stores here are open till 8 or 9 o'clock. People would have died if it came two or three hours earlier,"
The jewelry store is located in a strip mall within the
Had a tornado hit when his store was still open,
He noted in some southern states, small tornado shelters that can accommodate a handful of people are commonplace.
A representative from
Tamburro said the goal is to get stores and restaurants "renovated, fixed and back in business."
He estimated the jobs of as many as 1,000 employees working on
Next, he said, he'll find a temporary location with a separate phone number to serve his customers. He said all customer jewelry at the store for repair or cleaning was locked in a safe, and the safe is "intact and undisturbed."
Designing and then producing jewelry to a customer's specifications is one of the services offered by the company, which has been in business since 1987.
Tovon and a few other small family businesses face a bigger challenge than the corporate chain stores that were devastated such as Barnes & Noble and
"If a chain location is closed, they can rely on income from other stores,"
"We're 100 percent customer-focused and we've been reaching out to all of our customers," Millo said. "Our hearts go out to our business neighbors as well."
Van Genderen said the chamber still has access to funding in a
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