Like so many small business owners, Jerry and Laura Lasco are fighting for their family, their employees and their community during this age of COVID-19. Forced to furlough many of the 500 workers who keep their popular Houston restaurants going, the Lascos started looking for ways to help them and other hospitality workers survive. This isn’t the first time they’ve had to pick up the pieces and re-think how to move forward. The last time was on 9/11 when Jerry was an airline pilot who lost his job that day. He and Laura are now using that grit, resilience and lessons learned to tackle this new crisis head on, leading with humanity.

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