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90 | SMALL BUSINESSSMALLBUSINESSEighty percent of Mississippi’sbusinesses fit the definitionof “small business,”employing fewer than 20employees. 1 So when HurricaneKatrina gashed homes and lives, itespecially affected a primary engine ofthe state’s economy.As the data in the boxes on these pagessuggest, entrepreneurs and small businessowners were on a roll before Augustof 2005. They were creating jobsfaster than larger firms were eliminatingthem. 2 Businesses owned by womenand minorities were growing, and payrollswere increasing. 3 Small businesssalaries are often better than those inlarge firms, because so many high-payingprofessional, financial, scientific, andtechnical positions fall under this category.As a highly diversified sector, smallbusiness remains particularly vulnerableto disasters like Katrina, and for oneprimary reason—small businesses tendto be in smaller buildings less likely tohave survived the hurricane. Many arehome-based. So when 65,000 housingunits are lost in South Mississippiand another 55,000 homes suffer severedamage, small businesses take a disproportionalhit. 4First, the Governor’s Commissionmade a rough assessment of damage tothe sector by inviting chambers of commercein the affected areas to surveybusinesses. The Jackson County, OceanSprings, Hancock County, Picayuneand Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber(including the Biloxi, Gulfport, LongBeach and Pass Christian chambers)worked together to conduct the inventory.An online survey form was createdwith the help of the MississippiDevelopment Authority (MDA) andmade available on its website, the Mis-
THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION REPORT | 91Since so many small businesses are based at home, damge to houses harmed manyemployees in this category.
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INFRASTRUCTUREThe four subcommittee
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