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published by the East Bay Business Times


OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 20, 2006 – The owners of two toddler-friendly cafés in Oakland, which may be the first venues of their kind in the country, seem to be onto something.

Play Café Inc. president Kelliane Lam said her business broke even one month after opening in September 2005 and is on pace for a 37 percent increase in total sales this October compared to last.

Tumble & Tea LLC co-owner Georgina DeCarlo said her café has been meeting or exceeding cost since it opened three months ago.

Both businesses have plans to expand. (more…)

broadcast on Weekend Edition Sunday, National Public Radio

The City of Slidell, just north across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. But unlike the lower parishes of Southeast Louisiana, the water in the Slidell area, for the most part, came in and went out. That allowed the region to recover quickly and tens of thousands of displaced residents have moved in to be close to home, boosting the population by nearly a third.

Still, Slidell businesses that have decided to reopen face uncertain futures.