CUSTOMER PROFILE
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MICHAEL'S NURSERY
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GLENMORA, LA
A weaker man than Michael Goree might have thrown in the towel by now. By Traci Pitman First there was Hurricane Laura, one of several hurricanes that slammed into the U.S. during 2020’s exceptionally busy hurricane season. Laura caused $17.5 million in damage in Louisiana alone, including all of the gutter connected greenhouses at Michael’s Nursery in Glenmora, LA, a company Goree started in 1984. Then came the February 2021 winter storm that swept across the country, blanketing southern states in snow and
ice. With $195 billion in damages in the U.S., the ice storm was the costliest winter storm on record, and it didn’t spare Glenmora—or Michael’s Nursery. Forty more of Goree’s greenhouses collapsed under the weight of the unexpected ice and snow. And then, the following October, his office burned down.
Goree didn’t give up, though. He did the only thing he could do: he rebuilt Michael’s Nursery. “That’s just the attitude I have,” he said. “What’s the alternative, you know?
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