'A Slow Climb'

  • By Adam Hughes
  • | 6:00 p.m. June 19, 2006
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'A Slow Climb'

HOME BUILDING by Janet Leiser | Senior Editor

As Hurricane Charley barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast, general contractor Don Hughes didn't worry about possible damage to the pricey waterfront homes he was building. He could fix that.

 

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