Chasing the Dream
Small Businesses After Hurricane Maria
Clip: Special | 3m 34s
After Hurricane Maria, small businesses in Puerto Rico struggle to rebuild
Teresa and Raymond, a couple, describe their story as small business owners of a restaurant called Pomarosa. The restaurant, along with their apartment above it, was destroyed in the Hurricane. But the couple opened up shop to provide free meals to locals in need, all the while contemplating the idea of leaving for mainland U.S.
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Chasing the Dream is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.
Chasing the Dream
Small Businesses After Hurricane Maria
Clip: Special | 3m 34s
Teresa and Raymond, a couple, describe their story as small business owners of a restaurant called Pomarosa. The restaurant, along with their apartment above it, was destroyed in the Hurricane. But the couple opened up shop to provide free meals to locals in need, all the while contemplating the idea of leaving for mainland U.S.
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Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.