Doggy Disasters

If you think you know dirty jobs, you probably picture Mike Rowe knee-deep in some sewer or wrestling livestock. But let’s be real: there’s nothing heroic about coming in after the cameras are gone to mop up someone else’s mess—that’s the real work, and it can be a solid business proposition.

That’s especially true in Louisiana, where the air is wet and the floods frequent. All of that environmental damage needs someone to clean it up.And many of them turn to Rinea Blanchard.

Rinea Blanchard, owner of Superior Contract Cleaning. Although the company does do straight ahead janitorial, their specialty is disasters, big or small, and handling the myriad layers of paperwork required to get insurance companies to cover it.

Rinea is the Owner and Operator of Superior Contract Cleaning, a Lafayette-based remediation and cleaning company that handles everything from mold and fire damage to hoarding cleanup and post-construction debris.

Rinea started her business nearly three decades ago with a single account. Today, she operates a fleet that tackles big jobs across the country—and she still prefers restoring grout to taking on routine janitorial gigs.

If Rinea is cleaning up life’s messes, Trey Boone is helping prevent a few of them—mostly the kind that come from bored, untrained, or anxious dogs. Trey owns the Lafayette franchise of The Dog Stop, a full-service pet care facility that boards, grooms, trains, and pampers hundreds of dogs a month.

Trey Boone, owner of The Dog Stop in Lafayette and the company’s franchise holder for the rest of the state, Trey says the business has two customers they have to keep happy: dogs and their owners

Trey bought the franchise in 2015 and now oversees operations across the state.