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Article: Jim Funk: the Louisiana Restaurant Association's CEO helps one of the world's great dining destinations get back on its feet.(INTERFACE)(Interview)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
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- November 15, 2005
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With thousands of Louisiana restaurants destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the ensuing flood or looters, CEO Jim Funk and the Louisiana Restaurant Association put together the Louisiana Restaurant Association Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to help displaced foodservice workers return to New Orleans.
Q. What kind of assistance have New Orleans restaurants sought from the Louisiana Restaurant Association?
A. Leadership in working with state and other government agencies. Our hospitality coalition is working to bring tourism, conventions and meetings back to the city as soon as possible. New Orleans has not just the best restaurants in the country, ...