Table Talk
February 06, 2009
Originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal
SouthPark-based disaster-relief outfit Agility Recovery is in the thick of things again, this time helping battered cities and companies reeling from the devastating ice storm in Kentucky and Missouri.
Agility specializes in restoring power, computer systems, Internet service and phone lines after disasters. In recent weeks, the company has worked with small cities in Kentucky and some businesses, bringing in generators, laptops and other necessities.
One client, an insurance agency in Dexter, Mo., used its restored power to resume business — and devise a rudimentary soup kitchen for residents.
“People here really feel like they are on a mission,” says Bill Boyd, Agility chairman.
The company, started by General Electric Co., is now privately held and relocated here five years ago from Canada.
