Businesses join forces, become one to survive August flood

BATON ROUGE – The close-knit, family feeling the city offers grew stronger Friday when two long-time gardening and home improvement outlets opened under one name in an effort to stay alive after the August flood.Clegg's Nursery took over Naylor's Hardware and Garden Center on Old Hammond Highway and hired John Naylor and his manager, Butch Drewes. Naylor's business took five feet of water in August. Without flood insurance, he was facing the idea of shutting down. But, Clegg's came to