Q: WHAT YEAR DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHY YBOR?Jill:Â I first opened a retail clothing store in the early 70s. It was new hippy-like clothes; I loved the fabrics. A lot of it was 100% hand-embroidered cotton, and I thought there would be all kinds of little...
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Icons of Ybor: Jill Wax La France Ybor
Q: WHAT YEAR DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHY YBOR?Jill:Â I first opened a retail clothing store in the early 70s. It was new hippy-like clothes; I loved the fabrics. A lot of it was 100% hand-embroidered cotton, and I thought there would be all kinds of little...
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Icons of Ybor: Liana Fuente (Arturo Fuente Cigars)
Q: When was Arturo Fuente Founded, and why Ybor?Liana: I am a 4th generation member of the Fuente cigar family. My...
Icons of Ybor: Al Reynolds (Al’s Bar-B-Que)
Q: WHAT YEAR DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHY YBOR?Al: Ybor makes you feel like you are a part of something, it’s not...
Icons of Ybor: Brian Schaefer (The Bricks, Skate Park of Tampa)
Q: WHAT YEAR DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHY YBOR?Brian: SPoT - 1993, Needed a place to skate, and we had a private...
Icons of Ybor: Tom DeGeorge (Crowbar)
Q: WHAT YEAR DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS, AND WHY YBOR?Tom: 2006. I arrived in Ybor in 2001 to run the Masquerade/Ritz...