A3 SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM SUNDAY + PLUS >> SOFTBALL Best of PLAYER OF the Best The real ballot Lake City THE YEAR 1D inside Opinion/4A Taste Buddies SPORTS/1B See 6B UPS Store’s Small Biz Challenge Man’s land taken in decade-long fight This local startup’s County may wade into looking water district dispute for glory One of 10 semi-finalists in UPS contest; could get feature in Inc. By MICHAEL PHILIPS
[email protected] Like Steve Jobs, the Traficantes started their business out of a garage, in their case in West Palm Beach. While it’s unlikely Garden In Minutes will ever be a multibil- lion-dollar More juggernaut, than 1,700 the Fort small-busi- White-based ness owners company has submitted big plans. applications And now to compete. they have B. Traficante been given a chance to get a few steps closer to realizing them. The UPS Store has chosen Bryan Traficante, communications director of Garden In Minutes, as one of 10 national semifinalists in its Small Biz Challenge. More than 1,700 small-business owners submitted applications to vie for the $25,000 prize and to be profiled in Inc. magazine, and judges whittled the list to just 10. Traficante was the only one chosen from the Southeast. FILE PHOTOS According to a UPS Store announce- In this 2014 file photo, Jeffrey Hill poses with the rusty pipe at the heart of his dispute ment, the Small Biz Challenge looks to find small-business owners who think they have with water management officials.