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Shelly Pond Good News Editor “Do you remember these businesses?” a trending post asks on Facebook as readers reminisce about popular South Florida mainstays that went the way ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝŶŽƐĂƵƌƐ͘ ^ƵƐƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ŚĂƵů ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ͘ ͞ ďŽƵƚ ϯϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ăůů ĨĂŵŝůLJͲŽǁŶĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dǁĞůǀĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ďĞ ǀŝĂďůĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ăůů ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚͲŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ůĞǀĞů ĂŶĚ ďĞLJŽŶĚ͕͟ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶǁĂLJ ĞŶƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ &ĂŵŝůLJ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ zĞƚ ĂƐ ^ŽƵƚŚ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ŚĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚƵƌĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůLJ businesses that have developed this region and are leaving a legacy – some ĨŽƵƌ Žƌ ĮǀĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ůŽŶŐ͘ dŚĞLJ͛ǀĞ ďĞĂƚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĚĚƐ͘ EŽǁ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŽŶƐ ŽĨ ďŽƐƐĞƐ͕ Žƌ ^K Ɛ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ũŽŬŝŶŐůLJ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ &ĂŵŝůLJ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ;& K Ϳ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĨĂŵŝůLJͲŽǁŶĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚƌŝǀĞ͘ ĞŐƵŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĐŽŵƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŽĨ ĂďŽƵƚ ϯϬ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŚŽůĚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ǁĞůůͲĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚĞƐƚ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƌŽǁĂƌĚ͘ ZŽŵŶĞLJ ͘ ͞ Ăŵ͟ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ :ƌ͕͘ Ă ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ĨŽƌ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ DŽƌƌŝƐ Θ ŝĞŐůĞƌ͕ >>W͕ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚĞƐƚ ůĂǁ Įƌŵ ŝŶ ƌŽǁĂƌĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ͕ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ how they got started. “I ran ŝŶƚŽ ^Ăŵ ƉƉLJ͕ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ investment adviser for the ƚŚĞ ƉƉLJ 'ƌŽƵƉ͕ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ Śŝƚ ŝƚ Žī͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ Śŝŵ and four other guys for dinner to discuss the possibility of ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ ƚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ǁĞ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĚŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƚĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ Ăůů ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ƌĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŵƵůƚͲŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘͟ ŶĚ Ăŵ ZŽŐĞƌƐ ŚĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ ƐŚŽĞƐ ƚŽ Įůů͘ ,ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŝŐŚƚ >͘ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ ^ƌ͕͘ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ Įƌŵ ŝŶ ϭϵϮϱ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ h͘^͘ ŽŶŐƌĞƐƐŵĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ ƉůĂƋƵĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >ĂƐ KůĂƐ ďƌŝĚŐĞ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ Śŝŵ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ͘ Ăŵ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƵŶĐůĞ͕ WĂƵů ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ϭϮ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŝŶ ŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ͘ ǁŝŐŚƚ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ :ƌ͘ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂƩŽƌŶĞLJ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăŵ͛Ɛ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ZŽŵŶĞLJ ͘ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŶŝŶƚŚ LJĞĂƌ ĂƐ Ă &Žƌƚ >ĂƵĚĞƌĚĂůĞ ŝƚLJ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ͘ ZŽŵŶĞLJ ĂŶĚ Ăŵ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ƚǁŽ ZŽŐĞƌƐ ƐƟůů ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Įƌŵ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Įƌŵ͛Ɛ ůĞŐĂĐLJ ŽĨ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ĞƐƚĂƚĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽďĂƚĞ͕ ƌĞĂů ĞƐƚĂƚĞ͕ ďĂŶŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŝƟŐĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ ŐŝǀĞ ďĂĐŬ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ZŽŵŶĞLJ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͘ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĂů ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽƵƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ bumps and bruises and how to address them in a family business.” THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGACY Ăŵ ZŽŐĞƌƐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ͕ ͞DLJ love and respect for the ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌƐ ŽƵƌ ůĂǁ Įƌŵ ŶŽǁ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽŶ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞƐ ŵLJ ĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJ decisions. Legacy is a common passion and theme shared among the members of the &ĂŵŝůLJ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘͟ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ͘ ZLJĂŶ͕ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ superintendent for the Ryan ŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚƐ͘ ͞/ Ăŵ ƚŚĞ ĮŌŚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZLJĂŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ :ĂŶĞƐǀŝůůĞ͕ tŝƐĐŽŶƐŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŵLJ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ ΀ ŝůů ZLJĂŶ΁ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƚǁŽ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ ĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ϮϬ ŬŝĚƐ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ZLJĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ DLJ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĚŝĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŵŝŶŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌĂŐůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ^Ž ŵLJ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ came south and his brothers stayed north.” dŚĞ ZLJĂŶ ŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝƐ Ă ŚĞĂǀLJ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ Įƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ăůů ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ ƐŝƚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ŵŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƋƵĂƌƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂůƐŽ ďƵŝůĚ ŐŽůĨ courses. Patrick has been working for the company also most seven years. ͞ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ / ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞ ŽƵƌ ƋƵĂƌƌLJ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ Ăƚ ^ƚĂƌ YƵĂƌƌŝĞƐ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĂLJ ƚŽ ĚŝŐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůů ŝƚ͘ tĞ ŵĂŬĞ ϭϱ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ϭϮ ŝŶĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ & Kd ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ ůŝŵĞ ƌŽĐŬ ďĞŶĞĂƚŚ ŝƚ͘ tĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ Ă ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĞŶƚƌĂů &ůŽƌŝĚĂ͕ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ always had in the back of his mind that he would end up at the family ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƵŶƟů / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ / ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƌĚ ŵLJ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƌĚ ŵLJ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƵƐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘͟ Ƶƚ ŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͕ ͙͞ƚŽ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽƐƐ͛ ƐŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵ͕ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝƐŽůĂƟŶŐ͘͟ tŝůůŝĂŵ ,͘ ͞tŝůůƐ͟ ZLJĂŶ͕ K ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZLJĂŶ ŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ͕ ĂĸƌŵĞĚ͕ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂŶLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ďĞƐƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶƵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ͙ ŽŝŶŐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŽĚĂLJ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŵŝƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŚŝƌŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŽƌŬ ĞƚŚŝĐ͘ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ŝƐ Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ ƐƚƵĚLJ͘ ,Ğ ĂĚĂƉƚƐ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽŶ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŚĂĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ďƵƌĚĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Śŝŵ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĂĐĞƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ƟŵĞ when he steps into my role.” Legacy Family Businesses BUILD COMMUNITY ZŽŵŶĞLJ ͘ ZŽŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZŽŵŶĞLJ ͘ ͞ Ăŵ͟ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ :ƌ͘ tŝůůŝĂŵ ,͘ ͞tŝůůƐ͟ ZLJĂŶ ĂŶĚ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ͘ ZLJĂŶ