Ben Raines
Flood Maps Re-engineered for Big Bucks
Dozens of new beachfront condos built in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, including many condos built in place of developments destroyed by Hurricane Ivan,...
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program, the primary source of flood insurance coverage for most coastal residents, condo developments and businesses, is busted. As in...
Tackling the Beast and Crafting Yachts
When you get put on hold at Saunders Yachtworks, a pleasant voice comes on the line and says, “Saunders Yachtworks, the can-do company.”
That simple...
Location, Location, Location
Of all of Alabama’s business-luring incentive programs, one of its newest, the film incentive, is perhaps the most successful in terms of providing an...
Busby Builds his Company
If Jim Busby were to write a book, it might be called “How to tinker your way onto the New York Stock Exchange.”
While the...
Algae Shake in Mobile Bay
Thanks to a Tweet sent out by a retired cattle rancher who wrote several of the Grateful Dead’s most popular songs, Daphne Utilities, a...