West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce

Gustav Damage Assessment

The damage in our region from Hurricane Gustav was tremendous.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and its eight Regional Partners is conducting an assessment on the economic impact to our area businesses caused by the hurricane. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below regarding your damage and loss of revenue.

Even if your physical location was not damaged and you are in operation, your answers are important in calculating the economic impact.

Please ask your neighboring businesses to also fill out the damage assessment, regardless of whether they are chamber members or not. We need to know the financial impact of Hurricane Gustav in our area.

If you sustained crop damage, please fill out the Crop Damage Assessment (link on the left side of this page).

The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce will compile the results and forward to the other Regional Partners.

Thank you, in advance, for your assistance in completing this survey.

Business Name

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Work Phone

Cell Phone

E-Mail

Physical Address

City

Zip Code

Parish in which your business is located:

  West Baton Rouge
  East Baton Rouge
  Iberville
  Pointe Coupee
  Ascension
  Livingston
  East Feliciana
  West Feliciana
  St. Helena

Type of Business

What is your industry segment? ( i.e. nature of your business or operation)

# of full-time employees

# of part-time employees

# of contract employees

# of construction workers, if your business is under construction/expansion

Did you sustain any damage to your property, building or infrastructure?:

Yes
No

Describe the type of damage, including furniture, equipment, carpeting

Estimated value of physical damage

Percentage of damage:

  No Damage
  less than 25%
  25% - 50%
  50% - 75%
  75% - 99%
  100%

Time frame estimate for full repair of the physical damage:

  No physical damage was sustained
  Less than 2 weeks
  2 weeks- 1 month
  1-2 months
  3-5 months
  6-9 months
  10-12 months
  More than 1 year

Did you sustain loss of inventory or product?:

Yes
No

Estimated value of loss of inventory/products:

Was your business/company closed as a result of Hurricane Gustav?:

Yes
No

If yes, are you now in operation?:

  No
  Yes-100%
  Yes-75%-99%
  Yes-25%-50%
  Yes-10%-25%
  Yes-1%-10%

Number of days you were closed or not in operation:

  0 days
  1 day
  2 days
  3 days
  4 days
  5 days
  6 days
  7 days
  1-2 weeks
  2-3 weeks
  3-4 weeks
  Still not in operation

If not in full operation, what time frame do you estimate to be up 100%:

  1-2 weeks
  2 weeks to 1 month
  1-3 months
  3-6 months
  6-12 months
  More than 12 months

What were/are your obstacles to operating at full capacity?

Please estimate your loss of revenue as a result of Hurricane Gustav.

Please estimate the % of full revenues you expect to have within 30 days:

  Did not lose revenue as a result of the hurricane
  Less than 25%
  25%-50%
  51%-75%
  76%-94%
  95%-100%

What type of help is needed to re-establish your business?

Was your home damaged?:

Yes
No

Parish where you live:

  West Baton Rouge
  East Baton Rouge
  Ascension
  Iberville
  East Feliciana
  West Feliciana
  St Helena
  Livingston
  Pointe Coupee

Have you registered for FEMA or SBA assistance?:

Yes
No

Do you intend to apply?:

Yes
No

Would you like information on assistance programs?:

Yes
No

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